One person who impacted a society, was Melba Pattillo Beals, she advanced education for all African Americans. Melba was one of the first African Americans to be integrated in an all white high school. For instance like in paragraph 18 sentence 4, the text states ¨Step by step we climbed upward-where none of my people had ever …show more content…
For instance Jackie was the first black player to be in the Major Leagues. As a matter of fact it states in paragraph 1 it says “It was the opening day of the world series and I was for the first time playing in the series as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers team.” Accordingly this shows that he was the first African American player in the series. Then Jackie Robinson integrated Major League Baseball. However in paragraph 12, sentence 2 it states “But also there were people—neither black nor young—people of all races and faiths and in all parts of the country, people who couldn’t care less about my race.” As a result Jackie mapped a new area for his race. Lastly Jackie Robinson presented a new profession to African