Jackie Robinson - the first black Major League Baseball player. Arguably one of the best players ever in the sport. Although he is mainly know for his baseball career, he was also a civil rights advocate. Robinson wrote to the president, declined baseball offers, and joined Dr. Martin Luther King. He stood up for equal opportunities in and out of sports. Jackie Robinson was a advocate for civil rights.
Jackie Robinson was stubborn in the right way. When Robinson retired, he was asked to return for an old timers game in 1969. “He said “no” to an invitation to play in an Old-Timers game because white owners hadn’t hired any black managers or coaches”(Anderson). Robinson was stubborn and stuck to his morals, one of which was equality. He was determined to get equality in baseball. He refused again when asked to throw the first pitch in the world series. Because of how stubborn he was, a black manager was hired in 1972. Robinson was “forced to stay in separate hotels, put up with insulting language and behavior from players, fans, and officials, and receive death threats” (Jackie). Robinson was stubborn
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The KKK is a white supremacist group in the United States. In the past, they would target and hurt black people. When they beat people in Alabama, “Robinson sent a telegram to President Johnson pleading him to do something about the beatings by the Klu Klux Klan...”(Anderson). If the KKK found out that he wrote to the president, they could have targeted him next. It took someone with courage to write to the president about them. In addition, he joined movements. He “joined Dr. Martin Luther King’s nonviolent campaign in Birmingham in 1963”(Simon). Dr King was also an advocate for civil rights, he had a series of campaigns promoting equality. During some of the campaigns, people had gotten arrested. It takes courage to join a movement, especially one where you can get arrested. Jackie Robinson was an advocate because he was