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    not concerned with your liking or disliking me….All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.” This is a famous quote by Jackie Robinson. Jackie was a inspiring person and game changing person. He won Rookie of the year and MVP his first year of Major Legue Baseball. He was a talented player, his stats were Incredible. He 1,158 hits and had 137 home runs. Jackie had a wife named Rachel. They had three kids, Jack, Sharon and David. Jack died of the age 24 from a car accident. Sharon is an

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    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

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    Jackie Robinson Baseball Hero "I'm not concerned your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being." (1) (Jackie Robinson) Jackie Robinson was an American baseball player that initially broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Being the first in anything, a person faces several challenges in changing current practices, processes, or beliefs. For Jackie Robinson, he used his amazing athletic skills to overcome the challenges people

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    o one would ever compare Beowulf and Jackie Robinson! Everyone would think they have no similarities. However people would totally think they are two completely different people. These two guys are the same in many heroic ways. Beowulf and Jackie are two people that are definitely heros. That’s the biggest idea, they share is that no matter how old their story gets they will always be remembered as heroes. Some traits that these two heroic people share would have to be bravery. They’re so brave but

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    impact it has on other lives” - Jackie Robinson. Jack Roosevelt Robinson was an African-American from Cairo, Georgia. Robinson grew up in Pasadena, California and played for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Cesar Estrada Chavez was a Mexican-American from Yuma, Arizona. Chavez strived for alliances of grape farm workers largely in the California area. Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball. Cesar Chavez won unionizations for farm workers. Jackie Robinson and Cesar Chavez had significant

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    “A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.” -Jack Roosevelt “Jackie” Robinson(Biography.com) On April 15,1947 Jackie Roosevelt Robinson broke the color barrier. When he stepped out on to Ebbets Field everyone didn't think he could last long. Jackie was born in Cairo Georgia on January 31,1919, he was the youngest out of five children. He attended John Muir High School. He continued his education at the University Of California, where he became the university’s

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    Jackie Robinson 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

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    JACKIE ROBINSON 2 Jackie Robinson: Breaking the Baseball Racial Barrier Baseball has been called “America 's Pastime” for years because people have played baseball for years and it is one of the first things fathers teach their sons. Family’s go to ballparks all over the nation to watch baseball at all levels of play from T-ball through the Major League of Baseball (MLB). Throughout the years there have been many great, loved, and cherished baseball players including Babe Ruth

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    Donovan Hill Mrs. Astudillo Composition and Grammar P.4 2 December 2015 Jackie Robinson and the Breaking of the Color Barrier "I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me.....All I ask is that you respect me as a human being" (Robinson).Baseball legend Jackie Robinson was born on January 31, 1919 to Jerry and Mallie Robinson In Cairo, Georgia where he became the youngest of five children. Jackie's father Jerry was a sharecropper and taught the family important lessons, like to stay

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    of Jack (Jackie) Roosevelt Robinson Research Question: How did Jackie Robinson make a career in baseball and how he tolerated/braved racism. Jackie Robinson once said, “A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives”. The impact Robinson made on Major League Baseball is one that will be forever remembered. Every year on April 15th of each Major League Baseball season, every team in Major League Baseball celebrates Jackie Robinson Day. This day commemorates Jackie Robinson’s

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