... : David A. Alder Copyright date: 1989 The setting begins in 1919, when Jackie Robinson was born near Cairo, Georgia. At the time it was bad to be black in Georgia. It was bad because Georgia was a slave state and Abraham Lincoln did not sign the emancipation proclamation. Jackie was born in an old farmhouse. At that time they did not deliver babies for black ... Montreal Royals, and in the same year he married Rachel Isum also in the same year Jackie Jr. was born. Just one year later, he was the first black man to play for any Major League team The main characters of the story are Jackie...

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... going through at that time. From reading this novel, it had increased my knowledge further, from what I knew before. Their are many people that can relate to this subject, like Jackie Robinson, Martin Luther King Jr., and many other African American people from the past that had made a difference in our society today. In the novel Richard has written about his life ... ...

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... , who succeeded Roosevelt following his death in 1945, was more supportive of the fight for racial equality than any president before him. Another culturally significant event took place in 1947. Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play major league baseball. Before then, black had to play in their own "Negro Leagues". The inclusion of blacks in America's Pastime was a big ... ...

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