Jackie Robinson Segregation

Do you know who was the first African American major league baseball player was? Well, it’s Jackie Robinson. Most people know him as the first African to play in the MLB, but most do not realize that he first played in the negro league. In fact, all most all of the African Americans that played in the MLB during the mid to late 1900’s were once apart of the negro league. Jackie Robinson was on the Kansas City Monarchs.
It’s the 1920’s and segregation is all but a myth. Because of it, almost all of the United States, including the North were segregated. It was very common to see different restaurants, schools, and playgrounds for African Americans. It was deemed socially inappropriate for a white person to be with African American’s.
During the early 1900’s segregation was a huge problem. Even the simplest things including sports were separated. One account of the segregation is “ As Jim Crow grew in strength, however, American beliefs about black and white athletes playing together shifted towards further separation” (Heaphy 11). This quote gives a statement on how people were wanting segregation in sports. The Negro Leagues were be created in 1920 and consisted of African Americans only. There wasn’t a single African in the MLB at this time. Like I previously said, the-Major League Baseball was for white men only. During baseball season which was a huge thing to do in the 1900’s, it was almost a sin for a black man to even be at a white baseball game. One problem was the K.K.K going to the baseball fields and hanging any black man, woman, or child for being there. A more horrifying statement is, “Once at a baseball game, I seen a black man and his family get hung and burned by members of the Klu Klux Klan” (Nelson 3). This quote shows how separated sb ome people wanted their lives to be and how ruthless they would be to make it come true. So for vigorous reasons, they were
Now everyone is getting used to seeing African Americans playing sports with white people so racism is a lot lower. Just about every home is now a fan of the Major League Baseball because of the newfound respect towards African Americans. The daily lives of Americans have been dramastically changed due to African Americans being able to play sports (baseball) with white men. As Major League Baseball grew, so did the profits. One owner said “The event would become a high-class social affair that attracted sellout crowds and celebrities like Joe Louis and Lena Horne”(Nelson 3). This quote proves that many people want to come and watch the baseball games in person. Another thing is it boosted the U.S economy because sports started making more money and that’s a good thing. During the 1920’s there are a lot of new “hip” things like automobiles, radios and fashion but the biggest hit was Major League Baseball. It literally changed how more than half of the United States would spend their money and free time. For various reasons it boosted the daily happiness of Americans. Baseball was so important Franklin D. Roosevelt asked “Baseball owners to work to keep baseball alive as a way to help the nation’s morale stay strong”(Leonard 7). This quote shows how the president knew baseball was a major role in the daily lives of