Jackie Robinson Jackie Roosevelt Robinson was born in Cairo‚ Georgia in 1919 into a family of sharecroppers. His mother’s name was Mallie Robinson and she raised Jackie and his four other brothers and sisters by herself. Jackie was the youngest. His mother worked several jobs to support Jackie and his siblings. Jackie Robinson graduated from Washington Junior High school in 1935 and then went on to high school at Muir Tech where he got interested in playing sports. At Muir Tech he played basketball
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Robinson played the first season with the Brooklyn Dodgers‚ as expected‚ Robinson’s presence produced a barrage of racial insults and name callings‚ especially from the Philadelphia Phillies‚ a club notorious for taunting opposing players. Despite his fiery temperament‚ he could not answer back but went through the season proving himself in fine style. At the end of 1947 season‚ Robinson won the Rookie of the year award‚ and assisted the Dodgers to the World Series against New York Yankees and later
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remember. This was the day that Jackie Robinson’s number was retired. The historic #42 was retired for all teams. It was a game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Mets at Shea Stadium (Muder). Commissioner Bud Selig declared that it would be retired throughout baseball. This was the 68th anniversary of Jackie’s first game as a Dodger (Muder). African American baseball legend‚ Jackie Robinson‚ paved the way for racial equality in sports. Jack Roosevelt “Jackie” Robinson was born on January
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Jackie Robinson Jackie Robinson‚ the best baseball player in the twentieth century‚ was the first African American to play in the Major League Baseball and opened up the generation for colored people to play baseball. He courageously changed and challenged the deeply rooted custom of racial segregation in both the north and the south. He also gave the African Americans a different focus for life then just stepping back and letting them get walked all over by the words form the whites. Jackie proved
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Dental College in Kansas City. In 1912‚ during a minor league baseball game that Charlie was playing in‚ the Brooklyn Dodgers premier scout‚ Larry Sutton‚ offered him a $2‚100 contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers. He accepted this offer and over the next two years he continued to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers. In 1916 his leadership skills and passion for the game helped the Dodgers win the 1916 National League Pennant. However‚ in 1917‚ the now nicknamed “Casey” was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates
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runs away to London. Here he is picked up by Jack Dawkins or the Artful Dodger as he is called. The Artful Dodger is a member of the Jew Fagin’s gang of boys. Fagin has trained the boys to become pickpockets. The Artful Dodger takes Oliver to Fagin’s den in the London slums‚ and Oliver‚ who innocently does not understand that he is among criminals‚ becomes one of Fagin’s boys. When Oliver is sent out with The Artful Dodger and another boy on a pickpocket expedition Oliver is so shocked when he realizes
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The Heroic Journey of Jackie Robinson Program In this lecture about Jackie Robinson we were enlightened about not only Jackie Robinson and his history playing baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers but also about the time period he lived in. When Jackie was first drafted‚ it was 1945 and the Brooklyn Dodgers decided to take on the first African American ball player. It was Branch Rickey who decided to take on the experiment of drafting an African American to an all white baseball team. During this
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When Jackie Robinson first played baseball‚ no one knew how good he could be‚ but soon‚ he played up for the Brooklyn Dodgers‚ and he became the best baseball player. That was the sound when Jackie Robinson played in his first ever game. Home run! I chose Jackie Robinson because he is the best baseball player ever‚ and he was the first black baseball player! He also inspired many black people to do what they love to do. My essay will provide facts and and things that happened when the great Jackie
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person‚ but it also applies to a group of people. Take the Dodgers for example. The Dodgers are primarily famous throughout the hispanic communities but also in California itself since that team has been placed there. As commuters are driving down the freeways in California‚ they are most likely to drive by a billboard with three large words printed across‚ “Live‚ Breathe‚ Blue”. Automatically‚ the word blue is affiliated with the Dodgers‚ being that their team color is blue. This billboard contrasts
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