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“I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.” - Jackie Robinson. One of Robinson’s famous quotes but this one sticks out to me the most because he went through so much when he went to the MLB and the hatred he received from white people and how baseball helped him cope with it and fight through it. In the his quote he says he wants to be respected as a human being and to not judge based on the color of his skin. He is talking about how there are human rights, not just civil rights and that everyone should be treated the way themselves would want to be treated. In a way he agrees on what Malcolm X is saying how there are human rights and everyone should have them no matter what. Jackie …show more content…

He didn't let anyone get between him and the game he loved to do. Jackie didn't like the idea of things being between blacks and whites but he also didn't like how white people would treat black people because they would all get threats towards them, arrested for not doing something a white person would do so at sometimes, he thought being separate would be whats best, but he started to believe that everyone deserved human rights and that everyone deserved to be treated the way they would want to be treated. One of his teammates “Pee Wee Reese” decided to put his arm around Jackie before a game in front of a whole crowd, to show them that he respected Jackie and was his friend and that he deserved to be treated right. That gesture Pee Wee Reese did will go down as one of the most legendary gestures in history. Robinson succeeded in ignoring the prejudice and racial slurs aside and showed everyone what a talented baseball player he really was. In his first year, he hit 12 home runs and helped the Dodgers win the National League pennant. The same year Jackie led the National League in stolen bases and was chosen as Rookie of the Year. He continued to amaze fans and critics because he had an outstanding .342 batting average during the 1949 season. He led in stolen bases that year and earned the National League's Most Valuable Player

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Jackie Robinson: Breaking The Baseball Color Barrier When Jackie Robison took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947 it not only changed his life but changed Major League Baseball forever. Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born in Cario, Georgia on January 31, 1919 to a family of four children and a single mother. He grew up as a stellar athlete excelling in four different sports: baseball, basketball, track, and football. In 1938 he was named the region's most valuable player for baseball. He attended University of California, Los Angeles where he became the schools first athlete to win varsity letters in four different sports.

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Jackie Robinson was the first black baseball player to play in the MLB on an all white baseball team called the Brooklyn Dodgers. Robinson faced a lot of difficulties with racism and segregation. Some challenges he had to overcome were him not being accepted by his teammates, he got hate mail, threats against him and his family, angry segregated mobs, and a whole lot of rejection because he was black. Jackie Robinson states “ bigoted fans screaming n---” and “ the hate mail piled up.” During his experiences he learned that the world is not accepting and judges a lot based upon what they look like.

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Jackie Robinson: A Baseball Legend Jackie Robinson went through a lot in his life, wanting to play baseball, fighting for what he believed in, and mostly segregation. Jackie Robinson was a baseball legend and an American hero. He played baseball and fought for what he believed in. Jackie’s very first baseball game in the majors, over 50 years ago, April, 18 1946. He had a total of 4 runs in his opening game for the Dodgers.

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“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.” This is a quote by famous baseball player and civil rights advocate, Jackie Robinson. I believe Jackie Robinson should be recognized as a major person in USA history. Jackie robinson was not perfect, he did many things that were not accepted when he was alive, such as playing a “white man's sport,” verbally assaulting an officer, and not giving up his seat on the bus, but there are many great things Jackie Robinson has done including, changing the face of baseball, having many great achievements, and being a civil rights advocate. To begin, Jackie had no right to play baseball with the pros.

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To begin with, he broke the MLB color barrier and led the way for other Negro league players to play in the MLB. A reason is, he knew it was unfair that they couldn’t play together so he changed it. Another point is, he raised a lot of money for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). His reason was, the NAACP was one of the biggest associations for the Civil Rights Movement so he raised lots of money for them. After Jackie retired from baseball in 1956 he participated in the Civil Rights Movement and Jackie wrote newspaper

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At that time the Monarchs were a very successful franchise in the African American League. Jackie, as a rookie, showed amazing power, speed, skill and easily hit over .300. In 1945, on October 23, Jackie signed a contract to the all white Montreal Royals, in the International League. In 1946, when Robinson played the Royals were the top Minor League team for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He lead the International League in 1946 with an average of 40 stolen bases and a .349 batting average.

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Some of his teammates only accepted him because he could help make them more money. Jackie Robinson must have gotten frustrated when he did not play well and the white people would shout racial slurs at him. Jackie Robinson got his own inspiration to play better from Rachel, Mr. Rickey, African- Americans, and children. In paragraph 3, the text states, “ It hadn't been that easy to fight the resentment expressed by players on other teams, by the team owners, or by bigoted fans screaming "n-----" (Robinson). This statement shows the type of resentment that Robinson faced.

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He proved everyone wrong and made history. Although he was in the MLB, conflict would still arise. Pitchers would purposely through the ball at Jackie and aim for his head. Jackie’s teammates were even cruel to him.

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I was able to make questioning while reading this book. First, how did Jackie Robinson change the sport of baseball? And how did everyone who hated him before like him? I kept on reading then and then I found the answer to the question, Robinson was the first black to play any league game and he was a better pitcher and batter

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“A life is not important except for the impact it has on other lives” –Jackie Robinson On April 14th, 1947 this country stood still. Jackie Robinson was the focal point as he took a step towards civil rights and knocked the walls down on color barrier in Major League Baseball. That quote is the first thing you will see when opening the Jackie Robinson Foundation’s web page.

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His style of the way he played made many teams change their way of playing. Some evidence to support this is, “For example, he inspired players to be more aggressive in their base-running, rather than relying only on the distance they could hit the ball.” The evidence is telling us that he had a unique way of playing ball which other people recognized and started playing like him. People wanted to be him and to play just like him. Jackie Robinson was known for having the guts to not fight back at baseball games and just in general.

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“I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.” All that Jackie wanted was a far chance and for his skin color not to hold him back from playing the game that he loved. Once he got his chance he made it sure that he wouldn’t let anyone down and make a show that everyone would want to come and see. Jackie Robinson changed the face of baseball as we know it today.

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Because of people like Jackie Robinson our world has become a place where we don’t judge people by the color of their skin but by their personality and the way we

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October 23, 1945, Jackie Robinson shook hands with Branch Rickey, officially changing baseball and society, signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Robinson grew up in a poor household in Pasadena, California. He attended UCLA, making himself a four sport star athlete . Major league baseball had been segregated at the time, with the only black men playing in separate Negro Leagues. Branch Rickey, the owner of the Dodgers, wanted to break the color barrier.

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“This ain't fun. But you watch me, I'll get it done.” This is quote was stated by Jackie Robinson. Jackie Robinson was the first African American Major League Baseball player. He also was the first African American to join the Baseball Hall of Fame.

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