Silver medalist at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Street sweeper in Pasadena. The brother who ran first — and the dignity that refused to be broken.
The Road to Pasadena
Pasadena Junior College to Olympic Trials
The World Stage
Coming Home
Mack & Jackie Robinson
Pasadena, Community & Memory
Mack Robinson was among the greatest sprinters of his generation — a silver medalist who tied the Olympic record in the 200m at the most politically charged Games in history.
His refusal to be broken — wearing his Olympic jacket as he swept the streets of Pasadena — stands as one of the most powerful silent acts of resistance in American civic life.
Decades of civic service as a park director, truant officer, and community activist. The truest measure of a legacy: not what the world gives you, but what you give the world.