Jackie Robinson Biography Research Paper

In 1919, Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia. His family being sharecroppers, Jackie's mother, Mallie, raised Jackie and his four other siblings.(JackieRobinson.com) Being the only black family on the block, his family faced discrimination and racism from neighbors all around. From a humble beginning, Jackie was an outstanding athlete.(larrylester42.com) Jackie was promoted from Washington Junior High. Later, he entered John Muir High School after his junior high career. Recognizing his athletic ability, Robinson's older brothers inspired Jackie to pursue sports.(Jackierobinson.com)

Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born January 31, 1919. He was born in Cairo, Georgia and was the youngest of five children. He had a grandfather that was a slave, Jackie’s dad was a sharecropper and Mallie, Jackie’s mother, was a maid. His dad ran away from the family when Jackie was only an infant.

He walked onto the field with dust blinding his eyes. Half the crowd was screaming and hollering, and the other half was booing. Jackie closed his eyes calmly, and felt no anger toward the racist insults that were shot at him. Jackie was determined, and full of hope.

“Robinson faced death threats, vulgar insults, and hate-filled fans”(Jackie Robinson para 3). It’s because he was the first African-American baseball player in major league baseball and nobody liked him because of that. Jackie Robinson was a brave, hardworking men that accomplished a lot in his life for baseball and African-American community. Jackie Robinson had a positive influence on African Americans because he was the first African-American baseball player in major league baseball, he was a founder of ways to help African-American and he was a civil rights advocate for African-Americans.

Jackie Robinson was born on January 31, 1919 in Cairo, Georgia. However, at an early age of one year old, his single mother moved Jackie and four other siblings to Pasadena, California. In Pasadena, Jackie and his family grew up in poverty. Even though his family was impoverished, they lived in a predominately white neighborhood where they faced lots of discrimination for the simple fact that they were black. As Jackie was growing up, he excelled in baseball, basketball, football, and track. He went to John Muir High School where he was a letterman in all the sports that he excelled at. His early life fueled him to greater accomplishments as he got older.

Many great people and many great things shape history to what it is today. An example would be Adolf Hitler. Hitler was a great man but that does not mean what he did was essentially a great thing. Hitler helped in shaping the world’s history by causing World War 2. He was trying to shape the future as well because he wanted Germans to be the superior race. However there are good people who did good things to shape history. One specific person that comes to mind is Lester Bowles Pearson. He did not shape the world’s history but he did shape Canada’s history; he made Canada to what it is today, he introduced Universal Medicare to all Canadians, and he created the United Nations peacekeeping force.

“Near six o’clock on the evening of January 31, 1919, Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born somewhere near the town of Cairo in Grandy County in southern Georgia” (Rampersad 10). Jackie’s parents, Jerry and Mallie Robinson, first lived together on a small plantation just south of Cairo. Mallie Robinson raised her five children single handedly, and they later moved to Pasadena, California, which was not the most racially friendly environment due to the Robinsons being the only black family on the block. Not having a father in the home, he looked up to his older brothers and saw them as his future, they are the ones who introduced him into the sports

What would you feel like to be the first modern African American to play major league baseball? Well, you don’t because this courageous man named John(Jackie) Robinson took over that role.

The legacy of Jackie Robinson goes beyond the April 15, 1947 afternoon at Ebbets Field, when the Brooklyn Dodger infielder became the first black in the 20th century to play baseball in the major leagues. He changed the sport, and he changed the attitude of a lot of people in this country, Jackie Robinson fought for all the people that were fortunate, a lot of them are, especially the minority guys, to be able to play in the major leagues and the impact on the people of color today.

Jack Roosevelt Robinson was an American professional baseball second baseman who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era.His education was in University of California in Los Angeles.Jackie Robinson has multiple awards including the Most valuable baseball player and more.Jackie Robinson was born January 31 October 1919 he was the the first African American in the 20th century when he took field under the brooklyn dodgers in 1947.Throughout his decade long career, Robinson distinguished himself as one of the games most talented and exciting players recording an impressive .311 career batting average. He was also a vocal civil rights activists. He died in connecticut in 1972 from heart problems and diabetes complications.

Brave, courageous, daring, bold, these all describe the baseball legend Jackie Robinson. Jackie was the first African American major league baseball player. (Jackie Robinson official website) Things were not always easy but he had many supporters and motivators to keep him going.( Britannica encyclopedia) Since Jackie never gave up through all of the harsh comments and criticism as he carried on being the first African American baseball player, African Americans are now allowed to play in the major leagues and all around the world.

Jackie Robinson is my topic. Jackie Robinson broke the sound barrier in 1947 by being the first African American baseball player to play in the Major leagues. I chose Jackie Robinson because he is a very important athlete who plays baseball,my second favorite sport is baseball also. Another reason I chose Jackie Robinson was because he was a very good baseball player and he was tough because he faced a lot of hate. Jackie Robinson was born on January 31,1919 in Cairo,Georgia but was raised in Pasadena,California when he was little.

FARZANA NOORI When we talk about hero all of us thinking a hero is strong, helpful and brave .we all human have hero sense, but who presented this sense that's called hero .in other words A hero who can show courage when faced with a problem. A hero is someone, who is willing to help others we know many heroes they did the best job for us for instance: Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln.however also one of these hero's he break the colored in baseball and civil rights. There are many ways to be hero .how

Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin are 2 notoriously known people in world history. Both Stalin and Hitler are known for the great number of deaths they have caused. Although both men have totally different reasons on why they killed so many people their ways of leadership are somewhat alike.

My reasons why I chose Adolf Hitler was because I’ve heard his name growing up but never really knew all the bad he did in Germany. He’s very interesting and he cost a bunch of women, men , children, babies, and elderly their lives. He’s an easy subject as well to search. Also, people need to know the truth about him, his deep dark secrets, his early life and, his mother and father. Adolf Hitler could have been a priest or even a famous painter but he thought he was too good for all that and public speaking was his calling.