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Jackie Robinson 3 - College Term Paper

Jackie Robinson 3

Jackie Robinson: Breaking the Color Barrier
It’s April 15, 1947 opening day at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn. Many people
have turned out to see one man, the first black person to ever play in major
league baseball. He is setting new standards for all blacks now and those to
come. His name is Jack Roosevelt Robinson. We all wish him well and hope he
can surmount the racial differences.
At this time it was unheard of to have a black person treated equally to a
white person, more the less it was highly unlikely to have a black person play on the same field as a white person. But for one man who stands alone Jackie Robinson’s conquest to break through the color barrier with the help ...

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on a Negro baseball team.(Shorto,Russell p. 5-10)
In 1945 Branch Rickey the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers was looking for a black player to break the serration barrier and rise above it all and join the
Major League Baseball Association. Rickey said that whoever the person was to
be would have to cope with taunts and insult, with name calling and abuse. Rickey heard of the success of Jackie on the Negro League and sent his
scouts to see Jackie. (Ritter, S. Lawrence p. 43-51).
After a long meeting with Rickey, Jackie agreed to join the Brooklyn
organization. Rickey singed Robinson to a Minor League deal in 1945. Jackie’s
biggest challenge would be to overcome racial issues sought toward him without
acting out with everybody looking at him. Jackie had death threats, racial slur’s, and people wanting to seriously take him out of the game of baseball.
(Rampersad Arnold p. 176)
In 1947 Rickey called up Jackie to compete on a Major League level and
take his ...

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Added: 6/5/2006 03:11:38 PM
Category: Biographies
Type: Premium Paper
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