Jackie Robinson Research Paper
The Negro Leagues
"I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me ... all I ask is that you respect me as a human being.” Jackie Robinson
Being a colored person in the early 1920’s was not an easy situation. Trying to play baseball in a integrated national league was even worse. Black people overcame a lot before being able to play in an integrated league, from having to organize their own leagues to the breaking point when finally they were allowed to play in a white league.
Colored players had no choice but to play in separate leagues. By the end of World War I, black baseball became the number one attraction for urban black populations around the country. It was at that time that the first Negro league was organized.
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the end of World War I black baseball had become, perhaps, the number one entertainment attraction for urban black populations throughout the country. It was at that time that Andrew "Rube" Foster, owner of the Chicago American Giants and black baseball's most influential personality, determined that the time had arrived for a truly organized and stable Negro league. Under Foster's leadership in 1920 the Negro National League was born in Kansas City, fielding eight teams: Chicago American Giants, Chicago Giants, Cuban Stars, Dayton Marcos, Detroit Stars, Indianapolis ABCs, Kansas City Monarchs and St. Louis Giants. (negroleaguebaseball.com)
Only three years later the Eastern Colored League was formed in 1923 featuring the Hilldale Club, Cuban Stars (East), Brooklyn Royal Giants, Bacharach Giants, Lincoln Giants and Baltimore Black Sox.
The East-West All-Star game played annually at Chicago's Comiskey Park, contributing greatly to the ever-growing national popularity of Negro League baseball during the 1930s and …show more content…
1940s.
As World War II came to a close and the demands for social justice grown throughout the country, many felt that baseball’s color barrier would come crashing down. African- Americans had proven themselves and the rest of the nation their skills on the ball field. Integration time was very close.
The color barrier cracked in April 18th 1946, when Jackie Robinson (1919-1972) signed a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers Organization and made his first appearance with the Montreal Royals in the International League. He was instrumental in bringing an end to the discrimination that kept the Negro players segregated for six decades.
His first years were not easy some racial tension still existed among his team mates, many of them preferred to be seated than to play side by side with him.
This all ended when Manager Leo Durocher informed the team "I do not care if the guy is yellow or black, or if he has stripes like a fuckin' zebra. I'm the manager of this team, and I say he plays. What's more, I say he can make us all rich. And if any of you cannot use the money, I will see that you are all traded." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Robinson). Having the support from his Manager was crucial for him.
Robinson had an exceptional baseball career, played in six World Series and was selected for six consecutive All Stars Games from 1949 to 1954. He also received the Rookie of the Year Award in 1947. He made it to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962 and in 1997 Major League Baseball retired his uniform number, 42, meaning no one else can use that number. Every year on April 15th is the Jackie Robinson Day is a traditional event which occurs annually in Major League Baseball, commemorating and honoring the day he made his major league
debut.
`Robinson was also known for his achievements outside the baseball field. He was the first black television baseball analyst for ABC’s Major League Baseball Game of the Week telecasts, and the first black vice-president for personnel at Chock full o‘Nuts, a major American corporation. In recognition of all this and more he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal, both of them was giving posthumously.
Right after his début in Major Leagues baseball, many of the other black players were signed with other teams and the rest were too old to attract a contract, in addition attraction was given to Jackie Robinson performance on the field and other black pioneers in the major leagues, a combination that ended the Negro Leagues around 1951.
Robinson remains a hero for a lot of people, he did not only broke the color barrier, but he was an exceptional player on the field.
"I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me ... all I ask is that you respect me as a human being.” Jackie Robinson
Being a colored person in the early 1920’s was not an easy situation. Trying to play baseball in a integrated national league was even worse. Black people overcame a lot before being able to play in an integrated league, from having to organize their own leagues to the breaking point when finally they were allowed to play in a white league.
Colored players had no choice but to play in separate leagues. By the end of World War I, black baseball became the number one attraction for urban black populations around the country. It was at that time that the first Negro league was organized.
By …show more content…
the end of World War I black baseball had become, perhaps, the number one entertainment attraction for urban black populations throughout the country. It was at that time that Andrew "Rube" Foster, owner of the Chicago American Giants and black baseball's most influential personality, determined that the time had arrived for a truly organized and stable Negro league. Under Foster's leadership in 1920 the Negro National League was born in Kansas City, fielding eight teams: Chicago American Giants, Chicago Giants, Cuban Stars, Dayton Marcos, Detroit Stars, Indianapolis ABCs, Kansas City Monarchs and St. Louis Giants. (negroleaguebaseball.com)
Only three years later the Eastern Colored League was formed in 1923 featuring the Hilldale Club, Cuban Stars (East), Brooklyn Royal Giants, Bacharach Giants, Lincoln Giants and Baltimore Black Sox.
The East-West All-Star game played annually at Chicago's Comiskey Park, contributing greatly to the ever-growing national popularity of Negro League baseball during the 1930s and …show more content…
1940s.
As World War II came to a close and the demands for social justice grown throughout the country, many felt that baseball’s color barrier would come crashing down. African- Americans had proven themselves and the rest of the nation their skills on the ball field. Integration time was very close.
The color barrier cracked in April 18th 1946, when Jackie Robinson (1919-1972) signed a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers Organization and made his first appearance with the Montreal Royals in the International League. He was instrumental in bringing an end to the discrimination that kept the Negro players segregated for six decades.
His first years were not easy some racial tension still existed among his team mates, many of them preferred to be seated than to play side by side with him.
This all ended when Manager Leo Durocher informed the team "I do not care if the guy is yellow or black, or if he has stripes like a fuckin' zebra. I'm the manager of this team, and I say he plays. What's more, I say he can make us all rich. And if any of you cannot use the money, I will see that you are all traded." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Robinson). Having the support from his Manager was crucial for him.
Robinson had an exceptional baseball career, played in six World Series and was selected for six consecutive All Stars Games from 1949 to 1954. He also received the Rookie of the Year Award in 1947. He made it to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962 and in 1997 Major League Baseball retired his uniform number, 42, meaning no one else can use that number. Every year on April 15th is the Jackie Robinson Day is a traditional event which occurs annually in Major League Baseball, commemorating and honoring the day he made his major league
debut.
`Robinson was also known for his achievements outside the baseball field. He was the first black television baseball analyst for ABC’s Major League Baseball Game of the Week telecasts, and the first black vice-president for personnel at Chock full o‘Nuts, a major American corporation. In recognition of all this and more he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal, both of them was giving posthumously.
Right after his début in Major Leagues baseball, many of the other black players were signed with other teams and the rest were too old to attract a contract, in addition attraction was given to Jackie Robinson performance on the field and other black pioneers in the major leagues, a combination that ended the Negro Leagues around 1951.
Robinson remains a hero for a lot of people, he did not only broke the color barrier, but he was an exceptional player on the field.