Jackie Robinson…
- was born in Cairo, Georgia to sharecropper parents
- plated for the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbit’s Field – a stadium my dad would sometimes sneak into during his youth
- stole home plate in front of the Yankees and the world during Game 1 of the 1955 World Series
- has a son that farms coffee in Tanzania
- has been a hero of mine since childhood because he reminds me of my Dad who faced imposing odds throughout his life and has become despite the cards not always lining up in his favor
Rob lives and works in the town of Jackson, MS where he leads the interactive department at an awesome advertising and branding agency. Life is slower than most places in Mississippi, and Rob tends to like it that way. Some of his favorite life experiences include sailing across the Atlantic Ocean in a 44ft sloop, learning to speak Swahili while living along the lower slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, and zipping along the curviest of Mississippi country roads in his VW Rabbit.