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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or fight back against them? Jackie Robinson was asked a similar question. He had to take the pressure becoming that first Black major league baseball player. Not just for himself‚ but for the greater good of African-Americans all around. He was not just an athlete‚ but a great hero. Jackie Robinson took a great leap in breaking color barriers in America. He was the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball in the 20th century. It all started after Jackie was signed on with the Montreal
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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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Jackie Robinson is one of the most well known people in baseball. Without Jackie Robinson blacks might not have played baseball until later in time. Jackie Robinson was one of the most courageous people of his time for being a pioneer despite the odds. In Jackie Robinson’s time‚ African Americans were not just segregated in sports‚ they were segregated in life. For example‚ African Americans went to different schools than whites; they were not allowed to sit in the front of public transportation
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being" (Jackie Robinson). This hero is Jackie Robinson. Jackie Robinson is a hero because of how he fought discrimination through playing baseball. If Jackie Robinson hadn’t broken the color barrier‚ was discriminated‚ and integrated baseball America wouldn’t be the same. Because Jackie Robinson was one of the first American baseball player‚ he paved the way to break the color barrier. First‚ 71 years ago Jackie Robinson played his first game for the Brooklyn Dodgers. “On April 18‚ 1946‚ Jackie Robinson
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Michael Martens Sociology Professor 11 November 2009 Jackie Robinson: The Unexpected Hero The name Jackie Robinson is recognized widely around the country. He is known as someone who broke the color barrier in American Baseball‚ and someone who fought through some of the toughest circumstances. He was an activist athlete‚ and used the sport of baseball to break down the traditional barriers and convey his ideas. To many‚ Robinson is a hero; one who Americans can relate to due to his background
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Jackie Robinson once remarked‚ “There’s not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.” He was born January 31‚ 1919 in Cairo‚ Georgia‚ and was raised by a single mother. After playing baseball in the Negro Leagues‚ he signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. He retired in 1957 with a .311 batting average. Because Jackie Robinson was perseverant‚ hard working‚ and talented‚ he became the first African-American professional baseball player. Jackie Robinson’s perseverance
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except in the impact it has on other lives.” This was a quote said by Jackie Robinson. He sure did make an impact on many. He helped to lead the way toward equality for black Americans by becoming the first African American baseball player to play in the major leagues. But‚ he had to go through a lot to get there. He wasn’t just good at baseball. He also was good at tennis‚ which is what he started to play in the beginning. Jackie also played football‚ ran track‚ and basketball. In track‚ he even
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The Negro Leagues "I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me ... all I ask is that you respect me as a human being.” Jackie Robinson Being a colored person in the early 1920’s was not an easy situation. Trying to play baseball in a integrated national league was even worse. Black people overcame a lot before being able to play in an integrated league‚ from having to organize their own leagues to the breaking point when finally they were allowed to play in a white league. Colored
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Jackie Robinson Jackie Robinson made a sport what was believed a whites only sport a sport for all races in the 20th century. He signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947‚ and was named Rookie of the Year that year. He later became National League MVP in 1949 and won the World Series in 1955. Jackie retired in 1957 with a batting average of .311. Jackie Robinson died of a heart attack in Connecticut in 1972. Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born on January 31‚ 1919 in Cairo‚ Georgia. The youngest amongst
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