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    When Brooklyn Dodgers first baseman Jackie Robinson stepped onto Ebbets Field in the first inning of a game against the Boston Braves on April 15th‚ 1947‚ he became the first Black player in the Major Leagues since 1884‚ when catcher Moses Walker played in 42 games for the Toledo Blue Stockings (Light 119). For the next 60 years‚ an unwritten rule separated the two races‚ but Robinson changed all of that. While he had a relatively uneventful day on the field‚ going 0-3‚the 28 year old Jackie scored

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    February 18 2014 Jackie Robinson & The Dodgers Thesis statement: Jackie Robinson was a very inspirational‚ courteous‚ and moderate human being as a child helping his poor single mother‚ as a young adult going to college and being nominated for many awards‚ going to the U.S. Army‚ and as an adult playing with the Montreal Royals‚ being scouted and recruited by the Brooklyn Dodgers‚ breaking and setting world records and breaking the color barrier for Major League Baseball. Mary Kay Linge wrote

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    Jackie Robinson: A Powerful Figure A renowned baseball player once said‚ “Life is not a spectator sport. If you’re going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on‚ in my opinion you’re just wasting your life”( BrainyQuote.com) He anticipated people to react to the world in 1940s and 1950s to show that places should be desegregated. He was trying to get the memo out that if African Americans‚ or any individual‚ who hoped-for places to be desegregated must start protesting

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    April 2012 Imagery by Edwin Arlington Robinson Edwin Arlington Robinson was born in Head Tide‚ Maine on December 22‚ 1869. He moved to a town named Gardiner where he grew up; the town later provided the model for a series of poems that he wrote throughout his career as a poet (Peschel). Robinson attended Harvard from 1891 to 1893 even though his parents were against going to a school of higher value for the education. President Theodore Roosevelt helped Robinson get a job at the New York Custom House

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    have described the works of Robert Frost‚ one of the most widely read and bellowed American poet. American writer Edward Eggleston wrote‚ “you have given me a rare sensation: you have sent me a book that I can read…” His words he addressed to Edwin Robinson‚ another great American poet‚ tree times Pulitzer Prizes nominee. The reviews‚ mentioned above‚ have something identical in their tone. Namely‚ they point out similarities of poets’ writing style: simple words‚ coequal speech and clarity of the thought

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    Jackie Robinson: Civil Rights and Baseball Icon Dating back to Ancient Rome‚ segregation has remained a major part of society. Segregation can happen in many different ways such as racial or religious segregation. In the United States racial segregation was widely common after slavery due to Jim Crow Laws. One major event that helped to abolish segregation was baseball. Unsurpassed in popularity‚ baseball was a national craze during the 1860’s. It was commonly best referred to as America’s “National

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    Iman Oweisi Professor Jen Bartman ENC1102 15 February 2013 Creativity Is Leaving Our Future Ken Robinson‚ an educator and public speaker‚ presented his view of how schools are killing creativity at a TED talk conference in 2006. There were many different tactics that have been shown throughout the video‚ and this is what allowed Robinson to reach out to his audience‚ and convince them on his views. One way that he went about introducing his claims‚ was by using many different real-life scenarios

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    English Skills 1 May 16‚ 2007 The Black Messiah of Baseball Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson was born January 31‚ 1919 in Cairo‚ Georgia. He was the youngest of five children. Robinson grew up in an area of poverty‚ and he also became affiliated with a neighborhood gang in his youth. (2) He was persuaded by his friend named Carl Anderson to abandon the gang. In 1935‚ Robinson enrolled into John Muir High School. There he lettered in four different sport teams. He was a shortstop and catcher on

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    Work cited 1) Kahn‚ Roger. "Jackie Robinson." Baseball Hall of Fame. National Baseball Hall of Fame‚ n.d. Web. 26 Jan. 2017. 2) "Jackie Robinson." Jackie Robinson - The Official Website. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 26 Jan. 2017. 3) History.com Staff. "Jackie Robinson." History.com. A&E Television Networks‚ 2009. Web. 26 Jan. 2017. Tyler Frey P.4 The man who had changed Americas pastime forever. Mr. 42 himself. Jackie Robinson had broken the color barrier in baseball. This had opened the door to anyone

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    Jackie Robinson made history in 1947 when he broke the color barrier to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Jackie won the national league rookie of the year award his first season‚ he also led the dodgers to the national league championship. That was the first of his six trips to the world series. Jackie Robinson influences me because‚ just because he was a different color he didn’t give up.he kept trying and eventually he broke the color barrier‚ and made it into the hall of fame in 1962. In 1949

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