... help him become the first baseball player to break Major League Baseball's color barrier that segregated major league baseball for many decades. Robinson excelled early at all sports and learned to make his own way in life. While at UCLA, Jackie Robinson became the first athlete to win varsity letters in four sports: baseball, basketball, football, and track. In 1941, he was named ... to play one season in the Negro Baseball League, and traveled all over the Midwest with the Kansas City Monarchs. In 1947, an important time in history occurred. Jackie Robinson was drafted by the coach of...

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... at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin (Whitehouse 1). Professional sports had not come along quiet as far as the Olympics had. That all changed with a man named Jackie Robinson. It is extremely important to be knowledgeable of Jackie Robinson because he was the man that paved the way for professional sports as we know them today. "Near six o"clock on the evening of January 31 ... , he received Rookie of the Year honors, which is given to the most outstanding first year player. A quote by Red Smith best sums up the character of Jackie Robinson. Red Smith said, "The word for Jackie Robinson is un...

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... record for home runs. Bob Gibson holds the single season record for earned run average. The point is, that without the efforts of Jackie Robinson, the world would have been denied the opportunity to witness the accomplishments of these exceptional athletes. In Remember the Titans, the issue of prejudice ... that they might have, and so did the white players and coaches. Strong leadership results in the ultimate success of a team, in the Jackie Robinson example listed above, that man was Branch Rickey, the legendary owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Strong leadership leads to strong performa...

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... the armed forces there would be, "equality of treatment and opportunity without regard to race, color or religion, or national origin". In sports, racial integration also started in the 50's. Jackie Robinson was the first colored man to enter a sports team of all white men. Before this, there had been African- American teams, but they were segregated from the white teams. Although ... Jackie Robinson may not have been the best player, he was important in the role of the first example because of his "background beyond criticism- including smoking and drinking", and for his ... self- con...

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... most importantly, the Civil Rights Movement affected people, both the people that fueled it (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, etc.) and the people it made possible (Michael Jordan, Jackie Robinson, Bill Cosby). The Civil Rights Movement affects people today; its message of equal rights is ingrained in our government, in our law. If it were not for the Civil Rights ... ...

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... for these people television and music would not be the same (Our Celebrities.) Like white Americans, there were many firsts for African Americans after the Civil Rights Movement. In 1947, Jackie Robinson was the first black man to play on a major league baseball team. In 1967, Thurgood Marshall was the first African American to be appointed to the Supreme Court. In 1984 ... ...

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... . Because of Ashe's outstanding achievements in tennis he broke down barriers for segregation and made it more acceptable for African American athletes to progress. Arthur Ashe was to tennis what Jackie Robinson was to baseball. He brought promise to the eyes of African American's across the land. Unlike some of today's athletes, Arthur Ashe wasn't self-centered. It wasn't always about him ... ...

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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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