Jackie Robinson: A Powerful Figure
Jackie Robinson: A Powerful Figure
A renowned baseball player once said, “Life is not a spectator sport. If you’re going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you’re just wasting your life”( BrainyQuote.com) He anticipated people to react to the world in 1940s and 1950s to show that places should be desegregated. He was trying to get the memo out that if African Americans, or any individual, who hoped-for places to be desegregated must start protesting now or nothing in society will transform and no one would feel equal. He also wanted to support the dreams of African American athletes, to show them their aptitudes are not unexploited. By breaking the color barrier, creating the Jackie …show more content…
Jackie was born January 31, 1919, and died October 24, 1972. He was the first African American to break the color barrier in the MLB on April 15, 1947. He come to be the first African American to be chosen as the Rookie of the Year, the batting championship, and the Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 1949, he also became one of the few to have his number retired from every team. Robinson was a spokesperson for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and he also made appearances with Martin Luther King Jr. after he retired in 195 (“Robinson”). From all that Jackie Robinson did, many people recall that he did amazing things he did on the …show more content…
Jackie Robinson once stated, “A life is not important, except in the impact it has on other lives” (Schwartz). Jackie Robinson was a role model that impacted other African American athletes by displaying that they could play for an all-white professional team. This showed that people like Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks and Larry Doby could follow their dreams to play for a professional baseball team. Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play in the MLB; he made his debut on April 15, 1947, for the Brooklyn Dodgers where he played infield and outfield (“Robinson”). Jackie Robinson was an “experiment” for the Dodgers, Branch Rickey, the Dodgers manager, wanted to show the MLB that African Americans could play ball and keep calm while someone was being racist to
A renowned baseball player once said, “Life is not a spectator sport. If you’re going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you’re just wasting your life”( BrainyQuote.com) He anticipated people to react to the world in 1940s and 1950s to show that places should be desegregated. He was trying to get the memo out that if African Americans, or any individual, who hoped-for places to be desegregated must start protesting now or nothing in society will transform and no one would feel equal. He also wanted to support the dreams of African American athletes, to show them their aptitudes are not unexploited. By breaking the color barrier, creating the Jackie …show more content…
Jackie was born January 31, 1919, and died October 24, 1972. He was the first African American to break the color barrier in the MLB on April 15, 1947. He come to be the first African American to be chosen as the Rookie of the Year, the batting championship, and the Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 1949, he also became one of the few to have his number retired from every team. Robinson was a spokesperson for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and he also made appearances with Martin Luther King Jr. after he retired in 195 (“Robinson”). From all that Jackie Robinson did, many people recall that he did amazing things he did on the …show more content…
Jackie Robinson once stated, “A life is not important, except in the impact it has on other lives” (Schwartz). Jackie Robinson was a role model that impacted other African American athletes by displaying that they could play for an all-white professional team. This showed that people like Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks and Larry Doby could follow their dreams to play for a professional baseball team. Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play in the MLB; he made his debut on April 15, 1947, for the Brooklyn Dodgers where he played infield and outfield (“Robinson”). Jackie Robinson was an “experiment” for the Dodgers, Branch Rickey, the Dodgers manager, wanted to show the MLB that African Americans could play ball and keep calm while someone was being racist to