... play professional sports and gain acceptance as more desegregation took place. Although Jackie Robinson was not the best African-American baseball player of his time, his attitude and ability to handle racist harassment led the way for the rest of his race to play Major League ... committed so that more African-Americans could follow in his path. Robinson's excellence sums up his entire life and career. He became a great person and baseball player through his hard work and dedication to the game, and also to his cause of civil rights for blacks. After Robinson's retirement in 1956, he .....

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... teams, and also expanding the game to many areas (Rennert 52). The biggest achievement which Rickey has accomplished, and which baseball is the most thankful for is the integration of Major League Baseball. Branch Rickey's traits have been said to have been "a player, manager, executive, lawyer, preacher, horse-trader, spell binder, innovator, husband and father and grandfather, farmer, logician, obscurantist, reformer, financier, sociologist ... and opened the door for these rising stars. In 1959, Elijah Green joined the Boston Red Sox, which became the last team to integrate in major ...

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... , but why would Branch Rickey the friend of the Dodger choose Jackie. Well his batting average was an excellent .349 and fielding percent of a .985. Even though he was a terrific baseball player people did not like him because of his skin color. At at some of the games the players would not even play with him on the field. Jackie Robinson created ... a better place. The proceeding information will explain his biographic account, early career great work and lasting impact on history. To being with, Jackie Robinson became the first black Major league baseball player because of his childhoo...

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... the Brooklyn Dodgers. But before Jackie Robinson there was Moses Fleetwood Walker, he was the 1st African American major league baseball player to play baseball in the late 1800's. On April 15, 1947 Jackie Robinson became the 1st African American to play major league baseball. He broke the color line, which led to many white teams playing against all black teams or interracial teams ... their support towards him, many who hated him sent him death threats or even threw things at him. While under all this pressure Jackie still focused on baseball and showed everyone that he was a great ba...

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... that he had had enough. January 1956 Jackie announced that he was retiring from baseball. After many years Jackie was honored by being inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. They also honored Jackie by removing his jersey number (forty-two) from any other player's jersey. When we first think of Jackie Robinson we probably only remember that he ... disease. Nine days after the game he died of a heart attack on October 24, 1972 in Stamford, Connecticut. Jackie Robinson will always be in some people's eyes the Most Valuable Player in the game of baseball. I perso...

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... the family to Pasadena, California to find work as a domestic. Jackie Robinson excelled in four sports at Pasadena's John Muir Technical High: football, basketball, baseball and track. He went on to Pasadena Junior College, where he set a National Junior College record in the long jump of 25' 6 ½- before ... Dodgers, who had been scouring the country to find the first black man in the major leagues. Jackie Robinson crossed the threshold into white professional baseball at that meeting signing a minor league contract with the Dodgers' farm club, the Montreal Royals. Sam Lacy, the AFRO-Am...

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... Marshall referred to it as the "season of fury," while Red Barber called it the "year all hell broke loose in baseball." What made that year so important was one player--Jackie Robinson. Prior to his ground-breaking season, black baseball players were barred from the major leagues, limited to playing only against other blacks in front of primarily black fans. That started ... , their impact was obvious during the 1950s and still noticeable in major league dugouts during the seventies. For at least one former player--"Dixie" Walker--those myths have continued to influence his destiny, per...

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... to Muir Tech. High School. At high school is where he began to get interested in sports. He competed in football, baseball, basketball, and track. He was a good player in every sport. During high school, college recruiters failed to pay attention to him. He didn't receive any scholorship, so he ... decided to go to Pasadena Junior College. Pasadena Junior College is where Jackie began to get noticed for his athletic abilities. He set many records in track, baseball, ... game because he died in a motocycle accident. At UCLA, Jackie lettered in four sports in one year. He was the first p...

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... and is one of the most remarkable and inspiring accomplishments in sports history. When Robinson became the first black to play in Major League Baseball, he changed Americans' views on racism forever. Robinson was born the youngest of five children near Cairo, Georgia, on January 31, 1919 ... Elderkin). While playing in the Negro Leagues scouts would be secretly sent out to find the most talented black baseball player (Elderkin). Most scouts were impressed with Robinson; not onl! y for his baseball talent but the way he handled himself when criticized (James 99). Robinson met with the Do...

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... 10). Robinson moved to California when he was a young child and that is where he grew up. Robinson was an exceptional baseball player. He was good enough that he earned a college scholarship to play baseball at Pasadena Junior College. Robinson was an amazing player. After finishing his junior college career, Robinson was offered a scholarship to play for the University of California in Los Angeles ... of stolen bases. The following Year, Robinson became the first African American athlete to play a professional sport. Not only did he play baseball, he received Rookie of the Year honors,...

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... ranged in their length from 500 feet to 580 feet! In 1972 he was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame. I think that if Gibson had played in the Major leagues he would have been an amazing player. He had talent; sometimes better then players on the Major League teams. In the Major Leagues ... doesn't led in homeruns for more then a year or two; Gibson led for ten. He was a remarkable player and should have been given a chance at the Major Leagues. 2) I think that Branch Rickey did not integrate baseball just for his teams good. I believe he saw black players that could stand up to the wh...

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... ) was an African American born in state of Georgia. He was the first African American player in the America Major League Baseball, before that African American player only allow play in African American League Baseball, when he was in University, he was the only one who play not only baseball but football, basketball and track. After Branch Rickey bring Jackie Robinson into Brooklyn Dodgers, Jackie ... Robinson wipe the line between white baseball and black baseball forever, this became one of the most important ... perspective about African American. His action can effect American cult...

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... He is known for fielding, throwing and hitting. In 1966 he was the most valuable right-field player. In 1971 he was also named the best player in the World Series. He was elected to go on the Baseball Wall of Fame, which was actually against the law because you had to be retired for at least ... five years before you can get elected to be on the Wall of Fame. He was the second baseball player whose picture appeared on ... stamps. Before he died he was named the first player to get ... 3,000 hits throughout his career in baseball. He was a humanitarian, risking his life to help others. ...

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... Robinson also dealt with this racism throughout his Hall of Fame career. Changed perhaps by all the hardships that he had faced during his childhood and baseball career, Jackie became an advocate for racial indifference. After his career had ended, Robinson used his popularity and fame to become involved in government, ... Brooklyn Dodgers. On April 15, 1947, the Brooklyn Dodgers started Jackie Robinson at second base, making him the first African American ever to play professional baseball. Over night, Jackie became a national figure, unfortunately most of this fame was due to the color...

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... Robinson. He grew up in Pasadena, California. In high school and at Pasadena Junior College he showed great athletic skill in track, basketball, football, and baseball. He left school in 1941 and was drafted the following year for Army service during World War II. After receiving a medical discharge in 1945, Jackie Robinson ... scored 113 runs. When the Dodgers opened their 1947 season, Robinson was playing second base. On April 10, 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first black player to sign a major league contract in the 20th century. During his first game, Jackie went hitless in three ...

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... Robinson. He grew up in Pasadena, California. In high school and at Pasadena Junior College he showed great athletic skill in track, basketball, football, and baseball. He left school in 1941 and was drafted the following year into the Army during World War II. After receiving a medical discharge in 1945, Jackie Robinson ... and scored 113 runs. When the Dodgers opened their 1947 season, Robinson was playing second base. On April 10, 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first black player to sign a major league contract in the 20th century. During his first game, Jackie went hitless in three ...

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... In 1949, he won the National League batting championship and was voted the league's Most Valuable Player. At this time, nearly every major league team had at least one black player. In 1957, he retired from baseball. After living under racial prejudice his whole life he felt he had helped improve conditions for ... blacks in baseball. Jackie Robinson played in the major leagues for only ten years. He was twenty-eight ... times, stole home twenty times, and scored over 100 runs six times. Jackie decided to become active in politics. In 1962, he was named to baseball's Hall of Fame. On O...

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