Jackie Robinson Color Barrier

“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 able to do one thing that no one else could. He was able to break the Major league Baseball color barrier. He broke the barrier on April 15, 1947. He was the first African American to ever play in the MLB. This was one of the many notable things that Jackie Robinson accomplished during his life.

Jackie Robinson's entry into the Major Leagues was far from a walk in the park. He climbed over countless obstacles just to play with white men, some of which, he was better then. He not only had to compete with the returning players from the war, but he also contended with racism. "Many towns in the South did not want racially mixed teams"(Weidhorn 53). As time went on, cities realized that Robinson offered them free publicity.

When he was playing baseball the leagues were separated from white and black. No african american had ever played in the white leagues of baseball until Jackie Robinson came around. The president of the the Brooklyn Dodgers took a chance on Jackie Robinson so he could integrate the major league baseball league. When jackie got there he had to promise not to fight back. With all of the words and actions they did he could not fight back or it would say something that he was violent and they would never have another african american play in the mlb. A bunch of fans from whites and blacks loved him, but a portion of whites didn't and they were the other teams and their coaches.The philadelphia phillies team and their manager Ben chapman shouted inappropriate derogatory terms at robinson from their dugouts. Jackie broke the color barrier by becoming the first african american to play in the mlb. All of the discrimination, racism, and pain that jackie endured was worth it for everyone. What he did that seemed like a simple tiny task was a massive thing. It integrated all sports for all

Many other players in the Negro League wanted to follow his steps, to one day be as famous as Jackie was. Robinson’s celebrity set the stage for civil rights advantages society wide. Jackie’s own rights activism was not just about baseball. Jackie had defied an order by a white bus driver to move to the back of the bus to make room for a white officer. This was 11 years before Rosa Parks had her incident on the bus. Jackie had to go to court for this incident. The army sent him a medical discharge for this incident. “Robinson’s gusty action foreshadowed subsequent baseball diamond conduct,” was said by John Vernon in the spring 2008 issue of the United States National Archives publication. There were other aspects of Jackie’s civil rights activism bracketed him with the Dodgers and continued until his death from diabetes and other heart issues at the young age of fifty-three (Sirs, 2008). Jackie’s death was a tragic event that crushed many people’s hearts who loved baseball.

Jackie Roosevelt Robinson, best known as the man who broke baseball's color barrier. Robinson was born on January 31, 1919 in Cairo, Georgia. The youngest of five children in the Robinson family (Edgar, Frank, Matthew, and Willa Mae). His parents were divorced, when he was little his father left him for another lady. Mallie was his mom and Jerry was his dad. Mallie’s relationship with Sasser deteriorated until they were kicked out of their cabin and forced to seek shelter and work elsewhere. In May, The Robinsons moved to Pasadena, California by train (where Mallie’s half-brother lived). Mallie was a maid so she could support her children. Robinson went to John Muir High school, then attended to Pasadena Junior College.

Jackie Robinson was a life changing man. Blacks were always rejected from baseball because of segregation. Jackie once told a reporter “ I want to live to see a black manager”. Jackie Robinson had an aggressive style of play causing his to be one of the greatest players of all time. Once Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier many more blacks were able to play baseball.

“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives,” said a great man named Jackie Robinson. ("Jackie Robinson." Baseball Hall of Fame. History.com, n.d. Web. 19 Jan. 2016.) Jackie Robinson was an African American who broke the color barrier in 1947. (web 2). Jackie Robinson was born in January 31, 1919 in Cairo, Georgia. (web 1). Jackie was the youngest out of 5 children, and raised by a single mother.(web 1). Later when he was forced to leave college, due to financial hardship, he moved to Honolulu, Hawaii to play semi-professional football which didn't last long because of WWII in America. (web 1). Branch Rickey was the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Rickey was the man who wanted to break the barrier, and to do so he

“I am not concerned for your liking or disliking, all I care about is you respecting me as a human being,” Jackie Robinson once said (Jackie Robinson Quotes). Through his courage and bravery he was able to change the game of baseball by showing that everybody is equal no matter what color skin you are. He was inspired by his brother to stand up for his race and fight for equality. He was one of the best Major League Baseball players, which showed that just because he was black does not mean he was bad at baseball.

In 1947, Major League Baseball changed forever because of hall of fame player Jackie Robinson. As a result of discrimination and segregation in America it was very difficult for black people to exercise their rights during this time period. Throughout the 1940’s and 1950’s Jackie Robinson’s baseball career dramatically changed as he was the first African American Major League Baseball player. However after signing to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers integration started to become a reality in some societies today. The efforts of Jackie Robinson enabled the Civil Rights Movement to gain the national attention in order to succeed.

Jackie Roosevelt Robinson was a very important person in The Civil Rights Movement as he was the first African American man to play in Major League Baseball (MLB). Though Jackie was a star in football and baseball as a child he faced a lot of racism, people would cheer for him on the field but off it he was ridiculed and seen as worthless because of his skin color. Even as an adult in the Minor Leagues people threatened, and even threw things at him. Some teams didn’t show at games through shame of playing an African American. Through all of the racism Jackie stayed strong and ended up winning more rights for African Americans along with 137 home runs, 197 stolen bases, a .311 batting average, and a National League

The struggles of Jackie Robinson breaking through the color barrier meant that the opportunities were opening for minority groups to work for equality in the 1950's. He endured death threats and horrible nicknames, but none-the-less was making history. He gave those that were being mistreated and wronged the faith that they would be able to one day have equal rights. When it comes to support from whites for the Civil Rights movement there were many that didn't support the movement, but there were some whites that did. Northerners were convinced that civil rights was a Southern problem and were of the mindset that the issues could be solved by giving political and civil rights to Southern blacks (Digital History:The Civil Rights Movement Moves

“Without a doubt Jackie suffered more abuse and more hatred than any other player in the history of the game and had good sportsmanship and complimented a young white boy from Oakland”(Wong 153). Even though tough times where rolling around for Jackie. Staying humble when little baseball fans came around spoke a lot about a person true character. “When Jackie was signed to the Brooklyn Dodgers, Pee Wee Reese’s teammates made an effort to sign a petition to be traded than play alongside a black man”(Wong 274). It goes to show that growing up in segregation mixed with a bunch of racist installed wrong morals in little boys which carry out into adulthood. “More than a decade before Martin Luther King’s development for nonviolent protest techniques for the southern racism Ricky was trying the tactic on Jackie”(Glasser 6). Ricky was reteaching Robinson how to react when violence was thrown at him in every which way. Even the battles that Robinson did not know about where being handle in a good manner. “Jackie performance under unimaginable pressure was true one of the greatest athletic triumphs, if not the greatest in American history”(Glasser 8). Words can not put into say what a young black man had to face to play baseball with rowdy, snobby white man that dominated the game. “In the first 37 games Robinson was hit by the pitchers six times, no player in the history

Jackie Robinson is the story I am going to be writing about. It is about a black baseball player and he has just went into the World Series. He had broken the color barrier for his country and he knew he was going to get a lot of hate because of the color of his skin. Feng Ru was the Chinese man of aviation. He created planes for a living and that changed his home country because they can get around much easier. Melba Bee was a girl who had to walk 10 miles a day to get to class when there was a school right next to their house. However, that school was an all white school, so they were protesting. They sued the school and they later were able to get into the school.

JACKIE ROBINSON SEPARATED THE COLOR BARRIER when he became the first African-American athlete to play in Major League Baseball in the 20th century. He joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in the year 1947. Robinson was born on January 31, 1919, in Georgia. He was the youngest of five other children. He was also raised in relative poverty by a single mom. He attended John Muir High School and Pasadena Junior College in his later years, where he was an excellent athlete and played about four different sports: football, basketball, baseball, and track. He was given the name of the region’s Most Valuable Player in baseball in 1938.