Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Spring Valley: 1  Illinois Valley Community College (about 6 miles; Oglesby, IL; Full-time enrollment: 2,747). 2  Kishwaukee College (about 46 miles; Malta, IL; FT enrollment: 3,356). 3  Illinois Central College (about 47 miles; East Peoria, IL; FT enrollment: 7,158).
Breaking the Color Barrier. After his discharge from the Army in 1944, Robinson began to play baseball professionally. At the time, the sport was segregated, and African-Americans and whites played in separate leagues.
Jackie Robinson Jr. was killed in an automobile accident on June 17, 1971. He was 24 years old. In Jackie Robinson's bio it said his son the oldest Jackie Jr. died of a car accident to drug addiction that started when he went to the Vietnam war. that just what I read. Very sad.