Jackie Robinson, could be considered a man of Magnitude. He was a black athlete, businessman, entrepreneur and activist. He has over come racial discrimination and hardship, he became the first black CAO of commercial industry when he founded a bank and served as first chairman of the board as well as founded a company to build housing for low income families.He was a pioneer for African Americans for professional sports. He never gave up and when his professional career in baseball came to an end he moved into the business world and never gave up his dream to create equality and better world for people of color.
Born into an age where African Americans were not considered equal to whites he had a constant uphill battle for equality. He knew that to excel and to improve the lives of his family and other African Americans he needs to prove he was strong, intellectual. He was smart to form a foundation that has provided $65 million dollars in funding for
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It is so easy for people to not see the significance of what it meant for Jackies integration into the MLB especially today when so very many black athletes and minorities play such big roles in sports. This was significant because for the first time the participation of black athletes in professional baseball played side by side with the whites. His bravery was showcased night after night when he left the dugout and stood on a field where he was pelted with bottles and racist comments were made. This became know as the baseball color line. Shortly after this was the desegregation of the military. Martin Luther King Jr said that he was "a legend and a symbol in his own time", and that he "challenged the dark skies of intolerance and frustration. Some historians felt that his efforts were a huge step in the civil rights revolution in america. It allowed blacks and whites to be proud of other