Jackie Robinson And Larry Dobby: Chapter Analysis

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In chapter 5, Jackie Robinson and Larry Dobby, two players from the all-black Negroes Leagues, and had finally been accepted in the major-league baseball. And they were Walter’s most favorite players in the league. The president, Harry S. Truman was negotiating with black leaders to integrate the armed forces. The Negroes Newspaper’s thought that the United States will treat the Negroes as equals for the first time. On page 35 Walter said, that most of his world revolved around church and school, and Walter said that the schools I went to were integrated, and the church always had white people involved in some capacity. On 122nd street on the outside of the schools and churches there were endless street games on the streets. But the blocks