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Jackie Robinson Argumentative Essay

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It could, It might and it's a home run!The crowd went wild, Jackie made a home run!Jackie Robinson is one of the most heroic and famous baseball players in history.Heros are not just people who are credited for hard work and accomplishment they are more than that a good hero is a person who always stands up for what they believe even if everyone else disagrees, they are always honest, and no matter what they never give up on their hopes. Jackie Robinson is considered a hero because he stood up for African American civil right and he was the first baseball player to break the color barrier in Major league Baseball.

Jackie Robinson was born on January 31, 1919, in Cairo, Georgia.The youngest of h are five siblings, Jackie and his siblings were raised by one penury single mother.He went on to attend high school and was o to attending Pasadena Junior College Where he discovered his amazing talent of playing for different kinds of sports, because of his amazing talent Jackie was soon named 1938 Regions Most Valuable Player in Baseball.Soon after Jackie's older brother Matthew Robinson won the won a silver medal in the 200-meter dash.; This act really seemed to encourage and …show more content…

I believe in the warm heart. I believe in man’s integrity. I believe in the goodness of a free society. And I believe that the society can remain good only as long as we are willing to fight for it—and to fight against whatever imperfections may exist.” By this, he meant that his struggle in overcoming the obstacles like his fight against what kept African Americans out of baseball, but he fought back all the segregation and eventually he accomplished his goal, he saw white people sitting next to African Americans in the bleachers for the first

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