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Analysis Of My Greatest Day By Ed Henry
Ed Henry is an journalist for Fox News Channel, where his is the chief national correspondent. Before working for Fox, he graduated from Siena College in 1995 with his bachelor’s degree and worked for two local radio shows in Washington D.C. where he gave a political analysis. In 2005, Henry began work at Cable News Network where he served as the senior White House correspondent. After six years of working with the Cable News Network, he left to pursue a job with their rivals, Fox News Channel in 2011. He has received many awards for his broadcasting work, such as the Merriman Smith Award, which was presented by the White House Correspondents’ Association and Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting on Congress from the National …show more content…
He uses a wide variety of sources that he quoted after each use, with the references in the back. A large part is taken from Robinson’s unpublished manuscript, My Greatest Day. Ed Henry also interviewed his relatives to get a closer look at the stories passed down from generation from Jackie himself. Henry used newspaper clippings from Robinson’s Papers and the Branch Rickey Papers, fanmail, speeches, and letters written by Robinson and Rickey to give a full background and timeline of the life of the two men. No maps or pictures were used in 42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson …show more content…
Both were raised Methodist and held their strong Christian values on and off the field. When playing in the Major League himself, Rickey refused to enter a baseball stadium on a Sunday, which made him unwanted by most baseball clubs; even as a manager, he stood by his unwavering moral commitment. Both of their strong Christian foundation is what gave them the strength to take the stance on an unpopular view in the segregated

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