Jackie Robinson was one of the greatest baseball players in the name of the game. He broke the color barrier when he became the first black athlete to play major league baseball in the 20th century. He also endured tremendous racial harassments to be able to play in the game but with strong will and love for the game he was able to push through all the harsh comments of racist people to become a baseball player who would go down in the hall of fame. “He signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, and was named Rookie of the Year that year, National League MVP in 1949 and a World Series champ in 1955”. “Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born on January 31, 1919, in Cairo, Georgia” and died on October 24, 1972 at the age of 53. The youngest of five …show more content…
His dignified courage in the face of virulent racism–from jeers and insults to beanballs, hate mail, and death threats–commanded the admiration of whites as well as blacks and foreshadowed the tactics that the 1960s civil right movement would develop into the theory and practice of nonviolence. Jackie Robinson would have to be one of the most courageous and god fearing people there is, without the strength of the good lord and his fate jackie would have never been able to endure the hatred being portrayed onto him. Jackie had a good family that loved and cared for him and had a loving wife that stood by his side through thick and thin. She was there supporting him at every game and cheering him on even through all the racism that was occurring. Jackie Robinson not only made an impact on the entire game of baseball but he also helped to persuade the civil rights movement.”Robinson, however, finally broke his emotional and political silence in 1949, becoming an outspoken and controversial opponent of racial discrimination”. He criticized the slow pace of baseball integration and objected to the Jim Crow practices in the Southern states where most clubs held spring training.Robinson led other ballplayers in urging baseball to use its economic power to desegregate Southern towns, hotels, and ballparks. “Because most baseball …show more content…
Rachel Robinson, born on July 19, 1922 in Los Angeles, California, went on to earn her degree in nursing before marrying Jackie Robinson. Rachel made further advancements in her career as well, eventually serving as an assistant professor at Yale, and also established The Jackie Robinson Foundation, a scholarship foundation in her husband's name after his death. Rachel Annetta Isum the maiden name of jackie robinson's wife was born on July 19, 1922 in Los Angeles, California. She attended the University of California, where she met athlete Jackie Robinson in the early 1940s. Though the two knew they wanted the marry, their plans were put on hold when Robinson was called to serve in the Army as a second lieutenant while Rachel finished her schooling. She graduated in 1945 with a bachelor’s in science, having also working night shifts as a