Jackie Robinson's Life As A Professional Baseball Player

At the end of WWII Jackie finished his job as second lieutenant. That position made him a leader that people could rely on. He started looking for a job luckily, he remembered Alexander a Negro League player. According to Encyclopedia of African American Society, it stated that, “Upon Alexander's advice, Robinson contacted Kansas City. The team signed him to a contract that paid $400 a month.” Earning money and playing the sport he loved was his motive. That kicked his career as a professional baseball player. His experience at UCLA and Pasadena Junior College that allowed integrated teams that made Jackie disappointed of the way Negro leagues players were treated. They were allowed to play at the white owned stadium, but they were not allowed to play with white players. Because of Jim Crow laws in the south, Jackie and his teammates were racially segregated because of the color of their …show more content…
According to the book Beyond Home Plate Jackie Robinson on Life after Baseball Jackie said, “I won’t have it made until the most underprivileged Negro in Mississippi can live in equal dignity with anyone else in America.” (33) While he was playing with the Negro league, he made a promise to change the face of baseball by fighting for