By Moni Basu, CNN Cairo, Georgia (CNN) – Aniyah Peters wishes her white teachers would talk about Jackie Robinson as much as her black teachers do. After all, Aniyah, 13, goes to school in Cairo ...

Jackie Robinson steals home plate as Boston Braves catcher Bill Salkeld is thrown off–balance during the fifth inning at Ebbets Field in New York on Aug. 22, 1948.

Robinson, who served in the United States Army during World War II as a second lieutenant in the 761st Tank Battalion, went on to break MLB’s color barrier as the first Black player in 1947.

If Jackie Robinson was still living, he would celebrate his 100th birthday later this week. A key part of his incredible story is how his faith sustained him.

The desecration of a marker in Jackie Robinson’s birthplace of Cairo, Georgia, was appalling, but Negro Leagues Baseball Museum president Bob Kendrick believes it will have great value to the NLBM.

Reportedly included in that bundle was a biography of Jackie Robinson. To date, the Robinson bio has not been purged, though 381 other books have been, but it appears to remain under consideration.