Overcoming Racism in 42 Prior to the Civil Rights movement, nearly all aspects of American society were segregated. But in 1945, the The movie, 42, recounts the racial integration of American professional baseball by Jackie Robinson. Robinson was the first African-American athlete to break the color barrier after the civil war had ended. In 1945 Robinson signed with a minor league team to the Brooklyn Dodgers. Racism and racial inequality was still a large part of American Society. Robinson needed to show not only his coaches and teammates he was a great athlete but the rest of the country. But as Robinson came into the league and showed the world he was the greatest baseball player out there at that team even with dealing with racism he
