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Jackie Robinson

            Jackie Robinson - Civil Rights Leader.
             Jackie Robinson was a superb athlete and succeeded at almost any sport he tried. He will be considered one the greatest athletes ever. Even though he has accomplished all this he will be known even more for advancing the quality of life for blacks and other minorities. During his superb baseball career Jackie was always involved in Civil Right matters, whenever he got a chance he was speaking out about discrimination against black and similar issues relating to equality. Robinson is usually mistakenly referred to as a conservative Republican but in reality his political views were way to complex to allow him to choose one political party over the other. Robinson's first serious encounter with politics came in 1949 for which his actions are still criticized. That year he and Paul Robeson, who at the time along with Jackie Robinson were the two most visible and respected black celebrities made a controversial statement in a speech while they were in Paris. Robeson said something to the effect that it would be "unthinkable" for black Americans to fight in a war against Russia because blacks were treated better in Russia than they were in the United States. .
             After that the House Un-American Activities Committee convened hearings, to which they called prominent African Americans to testify about Robesons's statement. The first person they called was Jackie Robinson, and even though he was not eager to testify, he knew that refusing to cooperate with the HUAC would likely end his athletic career and set back the cause of baseball integration many years. In his testimony on July 14, 1949, Robinson denounced Robeson, saying that he thought the comment in Paris was "silly". Robinson spent the majority of his testimony condemning racism in America. All the witnesses after Robinson followed his lead by refusing to denounce Robeson, and the hearings came to a close with no grounds for further HUAC action.


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1. Jackie Robinson

Title: Jackie Robinson Author: David A. Alder Copyright date: 1989 The setting begins in 1919, when Jackie Robinson was born near Cairo, Georgia. ... The story begins in Jan.31, near Cairo, Georgia where Jackie was born. 1 year later in 1920, the Robinson family moved due to the fact that Jackie's father left and they had no money. ... 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 Robinson and Mallie Robinson. ... Mallie Robinson was black, proud, and stubborn. ...

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2. The Life of Jackie Robinson

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3. Jackie Robinson - Greatest Baseball Player

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7. Jackie Robinson - Changing the Face of Sports

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8. Jackie Robinson

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9. Biography of Jackie Robinson

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