There are special people in the world that help mold our country into a better place. In Warriors Don’t Cry, Melba Beals helps change her country by changing district rules about black and white students in schools. In I Never Had It Made, Jackie Robinson changed the face of Major League Baseball, by making them allow a black player in the league. Finally, in “The Father of Chinese Aviation” by Rebecca Maksel, Feng Ru faced discrimination from a country and trial and error, to make the first airplane from China. All of these people faced very tough obstacles, but even with these obstacles, their end results had led them to change their countries and themselves for good.
Jackie Robinson changed the face of Major League Baseball that then led the way for other black athletes to follow. At his first times with …show more content…
In her neighborhood, she was given faces and had to deal with a lot of racism from prejudice, and she had to deal with a mob. “Some of the white people looked completely horrified, while others raised their fists to us. Others shouted ugly words.” - according to Beals. To respond to the negativity, Beals had to tune out anything negative she hears about her. These events caused Melba Beals to think that she needed to look like she is unbreakable by these threats. She also knew that with very few people on her side you have to continue by keep moving forward, which she did. In here she explains what she has done that not much people have done before, “Step by step, we climbed upwards where none of my people had ever walked before as a student.” - according to Beals. This piece of evidence shows that out of the many black people in her time, Beals was the only one to climb the stairs of a white school. Her reaction to this situation affected her country because it allowed other black students to attend school and contain a better education for
Jackie Robinson changed the face of Major League Baseball that then led the way for other black athletes to follow. At his first times with …show more content…
In her neighborhood, she was given faces and had to deal with a lot of racism from prejudice, and she had to deal with a mob. “Some of the white people looked completely horrified, while others raised their fists to us. Others shouted ugly words.” - according to Beals. To respond to the negativity, Beals had to tune out anything negative she hears about her. These events caused Melba Beals to think that she needed to look like she is unbreakable by these threats. She also knew that with very few people on her side you have to continue by keep moving forward, which she did. In here she explains what she has done that not much people have done before, “Step by step, we climbed upwards where none of my people had ever walked before as a student.” - according to Beals. This piece of evidence shows that out of the many black people in her time, Beals was the only one to climb the stairs of a white school. Her reaction to this situation affected her country because it allowed other black students to attend school and contain a better education for