Jackie was in love with sports and was quite good at the ones he played. Jackie was a star basketball player the best football player on his team and even was an olympic broad jumper. Jackie even lettered in 2 sports, but baseball, he started playing for a farm team named the montreal royals. After about 2 months jackie was recognized for his talent, and branch rickey (the president of the brooklyn dodgers) didn’t agree with segregation and wanted to give robinson a chance, later after watching jackie he agreed to sign jackie robinson to the brooklyn dodgers in 1947. He was also named rookie of the year and national league MVP in the same year and a world series champ in 1955. He inspired people to be involved by proving that blacks can do
Jackie Robinson started playing baseball in 1947. He was the first player who played in the black man league and joined the white man team. He was used to playing in the Negro League and the style of play; it was a hard transition for Jackie to get used to the white man league. Jackie was the main symbol of hope to millions of people.
Later on, the Brooklyn Dodgers hired him to play. At first, he faced a lot of prejudice. He didn't care and sooner, people loved him. He was everywhere; there was articles about him in the newspaper, there were pictures of him everywhere, and everyone knew him. He was an amazing player. Soon people started hiring more and more African American players. The baseball league started getting integrated.In the text( Biography) it states,” ..he pioneered the integration of professional athletics in America. By breaking the color barrier in baseball, the nation’s favorite sport, he courageously challenges the deeply rooted custom of racial segregation in both the North and South.” Jackie Robinson achieved his goal of integrating major league baseball teams.
Jackie was a modern day hero, he went through all the 12 steps. Mainly, he was heavily doubted but he surpassed all the expectations. Jackie destroyed all the test put in front of him and broke the racial barrier. Jackie open up the international league to all races. Baseball wouldn't be baseball without Jackie
Baseball has always been America's national pastime. In the early and all the way into the mid 50's, baseball was America and America was baseball. The only thing lacking in the great game was the absence of African American players and the presence of an all white sport. America still wasn't friendly or accepted the African American race and many still held great prejudice towards them. All this would change when the general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Branch Rickey decided he was going to sign a Negro player. Jackie Robinson was that player and Jackie Robinson changed the game, America, and history. By looking specifically at his childhood adversity, college life and the hardships he encountered by becoming the first black player in
Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play in the MLB. Back then many people's point of view about African Americans was that they had some things, but the things should be worse than what the things white people had, and because of that he was proud yet uneasy because he would get a lot of hate for playing, and he did. The thing is he didn’t only get hate, but he also got threats against him and his family to physically harm him,“The hate mail piled up. There were threats against me and my family and even out-and-out attempts at physical harm to me.” Being in the MLB was hard and he could’ve given up, but he didn’t. Jackie Robinson stayed strong and he changed our point of view about African Americans not doing things that only white people could do and he helped our country change for the better
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.
Jackie Robinson is known for his will and determination, in a game where African Americans were not allowed to play. Major league baseball (MLB), was the biggest professional baseball league in the country but was racially segregated. Growing up in poverty, Jackie Robinson faced many struggles. Jackie was a great athlete that could play multiple sports, just not major league baseball. He competed and excelled at numerous sports, including basketball and football. As good as an athlete he was, Jackie Robinson obtained a college degree and attended UCLA. He played baseball in the all black, Negro leagues, until he broke the MLB’s color barrier in 1947. Though Jackie was mostly known for his athletic abilities, he did his part as a civil rights
Jackie Robinson was an inspiring athletic African American baseball player who was known for breaking the “color barrier” in the MLB. He is one of the most known athletes from his time period. He was a hall of famer and won countless rewards during his career including rookie of the year his first year of his career in the MLB. Jackie Robinson was born on January 31, 1919 in Cairo, Ga.
Jackie Robinson brought baseball fans of all races together and it improved race relations because even though their was still hatred, white people were getting eased into racial integration since Jackie Robinson was laying the foundations of civil rights. Robinson was loved by many and hated by plenty, every game he played he packed the stands whether it be fans who are cheering for him or booing him. According to the biography by Wilson “Many fans came out to cheer Robinson, and a lot came out to boo him but both groups bought tickets” (75). He performed so well on the baseball field that the fans would lose sight of his color, and the stands were predominantly white so he was doing so well with a very unsupportive fan base. In the biography
The crowd yelled racial slurs at him, threatened him, and threw things at him on the field he got mad and wanted to fight but he didn’t because he didn't want to prove them that African Americans didn't have discipline and he let his game speak for him and made the people he went against mad played the game he loved baseball and made a living for over ten years he played baseball he left baseball in 1956. He set the standard for the entire baseball league. Every African American wanted to be him. On the road he couldn't stay in the same hotel with his teammates. Some teams wouldn't even play against the dodgers because of him. He played with courage when he stayed in the league and he could have quit the league and went back to the Negro league. He also rose to second Lieutenant Blacks were required to move to the back of the bus before they could sit down Robinson was charged of not following the rule but the charges were dismissed at the end of the war. Jackie Robinson was a role model to the entire African Americans ballplayer who people didn’t like much but he dint fight he just played baseball and let his game speak. Jackie
Jackie was a phenomenal athlete for young kids to look up to. After the start of World War II he served in the military from 1942 to 1944. After the war he returned to his love for baseball, playing in the Black major leagues. He was chosen by Branch Rickey, vice president of the Brooklyn dodgers, to help integrate the Major Leagues. Rickey hated segregation just as much as Robinson and wanted to change things “Rickey had once seen a Black college player turned away from a hotel… Rickey never forgot seeing this player crying because he was denied a place to lay his weary head just because of the color of his skin” (Mackenzie). He was finally able to do something about segregation and help change baseball and the United States for the better. It wasn’t that all the teams were racist and didn’t want a black player but when the major league teams had an away game they would rent out the stadium to the black teams for them to play at. And the executives of teams didn’t want to loose the money that they were making off of the black teams. “League owners would lose significant rental revenue” (“Breaking”). He soon signed with the all-white Montreal Royals a farm team for the Dodgers. Robinson had an outstanding start with the Royals, “leading the International League with a .349 batting average and .985 fielding percentage” (Robinson). After Robinson’s outstanding year he was promoted to the Dodgers he played his first game on
Turns out baseball was Jackie’s weakness, he wasn’t the best at the sport. His baseball career was not all that great while Attending UCLA (Daniel1). Jackie didn’t even graduate, he was so close, but left to find a job. Jackie played football for a few underdog leagues for a couple of years, then The Japanese bombed pearl harbor and Jackie went on and fought in the Military (Baseball at war). Once Jackie Robinson left the military he took a former Kansas City Monarchs player advice to write to the owner to maybe get the opportunity to play in the Negro American League (Baseball at war).
Robinson was a four sport athlete in baseball, football, basketball, and track, and also received a sports scholarship to UCLA and was first to letter in four sports. Although Jackie Robinson endured a substantial amount of racial discrimination, he proved that he was the most influential person in American history by his impact on the baseball diamond and his work with Civil Rights. Jackie Robinson was faced with racial discrimination before and immediately entering the Major Leagues but he proved his critics wrong, and proved that African American baseball players were equal or even better than white baseball players. Jackie Robinson was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers and was the First African American baseball player in Modern Era (since 1900) and ended more than 60 years of racial segregation. With fierce racial discrimination towards African Americans at the time it put even more pressure on Robinson because if he couldn’t do well he’d not only lose his job but he’d also ruin any chance of any minorities playing in the MLB for years after.
Jackie Robinson is a legend, not only in the baseball world, but in all sports. He broke the color barrier for all professional sports. Before 1947 African Americans were not allowed to play professional sports. This all changed when Jackie stepped foot onto Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York where he made his debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Jackie Robinson is heroic because he changed the face of baseball and ended segregation in professional sports, his cultural impact, and due to his courage and determination.
Most know him as a famous baseball player. Do you really know the story behind jackie? The reason he became so famous? Most don't and some do,he taught many a vey important lesson that i hope many learn in life and from reading this. “Jackie Robinson made history in 1947 when he broke baseball’s color barrier to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers.” (http://www.history.com/) Maybe after learning more about jackie and his journey you will see just a bit different side of him and life of segregation and treating other equal.