Samantha Pratt
Hollywood History
P. Andriscin
9 January 2018
42
In the movie 42, Jackie Robinson was a legendary baseball player who played during the 1940’s. He was the first African American to play in the Major League Baseball. As the first African American, Jackie Robinson faced a lot of racism and segregatetion from the other Major League Baseball players, coaches, teams and fans. When he began playing, it was the times when different races could not interact with one another and had spearate buildings and water fountains, along with other things for “whites” and “coloreds.” Robinson was the first man to break the system of segregation with the help of Branch Rickey, a general manager for the Dodgers and got Jackie Robinson signed with
Hollywood History
P. Andriscin
9 January 2018
42
In the movie 42, Jackie Robinson was a legendary baseball player who played during the 1940’s. He was the first African American to play in the Major League Baseball. As the first African American, Jackie Robinson faced a lot of racism and segregatetion from the other Major League Baseball players, coaches, teams and fans. When he began playing, it was the times when different races could not interact with one another and had spearate buildings and water fountains, along with other things for “whites” and “coloreds.” Robinson was the first man to break the system of segregation with the help of Branch Rickey, a general manager for the Dodgers and got Jackie Robinson signed with