Muhammad Ali, Jack Jackson And Jackie Robinson And Jack Johnson

Martin Luther King and Malcolm X were pioneers in America’s Civil Rights Movement, with the goal of protecting and developing the black community. They wanted to achieve the same goal but, with very different approaches. While King was more of the “peaceful protesting” type, X was the “eye for an eye” type, in the beginning of his journey. Both of these men demanded respect and acquired it. Their wives Coretta Scott King and Betty Dean Sanders took over their legacies after their passing. Each of these men left a mark on society. With a powerful speaking presence The “I Have a Dream” and “The Chickens Come Home to Roost” speeches have prevailed throughout generations.

Muhammad Ali was a boxer because of his prominent role as a Civil Rights Activist. He stood up for what he believed

In the same way, Gates conveys that the lack of education for young black athletes is the

As African Americans started to make names for themselves in other sports such as the boxer Joe Louis, people questioned why African Americans were not allowed to play baseball. Tygiel brought it to attention that, “ the emergence of Joe Louis as the world heavyweight boxing champion and a national hero led many American’s to re-evaluate their prejudices” ( Tygiel, 35). As African American boxers started beating

On April 15th 1947, Jack Roosevelt Robinson played his first game for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Jackie, went without a hit in a game which would have been noted only in sports almanacs were it not for the color of his skin. At Ebbet's Field that day, Robinson broke baseball's “color barrier.” The integration of Black athletes into White mainstream sports had begun. Robinson endured a variety of slanderous yells, racial epithets and even hurled objects. The fact that African Americans would be discriminated against in sports was never more apparent. Today, that same vitriol manifests itself in various forms of discrimination. Rhetorical forms of discrimination are just as damaging today as outright bigotry was then. Though rhetorical

Black male athletes have been stereotyped ever since the 19th century. Since Jackie Robinson’s venture into professional baseball in 1952, there has been a constant debate on the subject of the athletically superior, but intellectually inferior Black Male athlete. These black males were forever delineated as inferior to their white counterparts. As a matter of fact from the very beginning of man kind’s civilization process his established societies all over the world have sought ways to glorify the individuals that exuded or better yet, displayed outstanding physical and athletic abilities. These facts became further stated in 1619 when a Dutch Man of War, that was anchored off the East Coast of America, exchanged “20 and odd Africans” for some much needed supplies to secure their voyage back to Europe. It was there that the exploitation of Africans, and later Negroes-Colored-Blacks, and finally African-Americans, began in the Western Hemisphere. And even though Black males and Black females were rewarded for their reproductive abilities, the men were always viewed as the archetype of what physical abilities, physical talent, physical competency, physical valor, and overall physical courage looked like. These Bucks, as they were referred to, would appease the white plantation owners with sporting events such as with boxing matches, racing events, sexual exploitations, and strength lifting exercises i.e., who could stack the most bales of cotton in a given period of time.

Jackie Robinson took life changing choices that soon changed his country, but he also faced many challenges on the way. One of the challenges that Jackie Robinson faced is that white people dislike him very much. In one of the paragraphs in the excerpt, it says, “Bigoted fans screaming n----. The hate mail piled up ” This tells us that before Jackie Robinson changed his country, he faced harsh treatments. Beside from the comments, Jackie Robinson also had rude team members. In the text, it states, “forced to live with snubs, rebuffs, and rejections.” This lets us know, beside from the comments, Jackie Robinson had to deal with the people of his own team.

In the years before Jackie Robinson was a household name, America was not the same place that was created after he was the first black man on a professional roster. There were Jim Crow laws, “separate but equal.” Who ever the facilities that were for the whites were far superior to the facilities that the blacks were to use. This was an all do often occurrence.

Although this is a big leap in time from my previous paragraphs, and many civil issues still lay unrest, I think Michael Jordan’s success really shows how the prior movements shaped our country in allowing a better life for black people. Jordan was a cultural icon for black and white people, being a star athlete, kids from all over looked up to Jordan and his success. Generating over 78 million dollars of income in 1997, Jordan was the wealthiest athlete in the world. This kind of success certainly shows how the treatment of black through 1945 was gaining progress (Brands, p.

The racial barrier of segregation have been attempted to be broken over time. Important leaders such as Martin Luther King, Malcom X, as well as other symbols such as the movie “The Negro Soldier”, Eldridge Cleaver, and Booker T. Washington all had certain points about the racial barrier of segregation. Back into the Jim Crow laws, these were laws that were enforced in state as well as locally known laws enforcing racial separation between blacks and whites. Some historical figures were able to try and break free of the segregation barrier over time, but where do we stand now?

On January 17, 1942, Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. was born in Louisville, Kentucky. When Cassius was 12 years old, a Louisville police officer encouraged him to take up boxing after he told the officer that he wanted to beat up the thief who stole his bike. Cassius made his amateur boxing debut in 1954, and over the next six years, he won several state and national Gold Glove titles and the light heavyweight gold medal at the 1960 summer Olympics in Rome.

When we hear about Black History Month, it is a reminder for why African Americans are here and why the way we are today. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X are two very great examples and representations for this. What people do not realize is that there are a lot of similarities and differences between Malcolm and Martin. Martin was born and raised as a middle classes men and was extremely educated. On the other hand, Malcolm was not raised like Malcolm at all. Malcolm grew up in a deplorable environment and no school was around for Malcolm.

Leonardo Marques Ms. Bryan Grammar and Composition Period 3 22 Novemberf 2016 Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali’s impact from his denial of the draft was that he respected his religion, he regained his title back, he showed how African Americans can do great things during times of segregation. “I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want (Muhammad Ali).”

Other than Jackie Robinson, who smashed baseball's racial obstruction in 1947, nobody can match his effect as an extraordinary twentieth century American games figure. The main things faster than his clench hands and feet were his psyche and mouth: Speaking truth to control, the talkative Ali said things in a fierce, even "haughty" way that standard America was not yet arranged to hear, particularly leaving the mouth of a youthful dark man.

How would the country be, without Jackie Robinson, Melba Beals, and Helen Keller? These 3 people, were major parts in American history. Jackie and Melba paved the way for African-Americans. While Helen Keller proved, that even without seeing and hearing and just willpower and heart, you can accomplish anything. Jackie Robinson, Melba Beals, and Helen Keller all proved, if you tried hard enough and persevered, you could do anything you dreamed of, and changed the country while doing it.