Subject(s): Jackie Robinson Sport: Baseball Location: Journal Square, Jersey City, NJ Unveiled: 25/2/1998 Sculptor: Susan Wagner Material: Bronze Status: In Situ Inscription(s): Plaque: "A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives". JACK ROOSEVELT ROBINSON. 1919-1972. In 1946, Jack Roosevelt Robinson, the first African-American to break the color barrier in Major League Baseball, played in his first minor league game in Jersey City, New Jersey. This statue, sculpted by Susan Wagner, commemorates that historic event. -Dedicated Wednesday, February 25, 1998. Rachel Robinson, Founder, Jackie Robinson Foundation. Leonard S. Coleman Jr., Chair, Jackie Robinson Foundation. Christine Todd Whitman, Governor of New Jersey. SPONSORS. The City of Jersey City, Bret Schundler, Mayor. The Lewis M. Eisenberg Family. The First Union Foundation. Jeremy Jacobs. Delaware North. John J. McMullen, Norton Lilly. James S. Regan. The Shumann Fund for New Jersey. Links: Sculptor