Basketball Hall of Fame

improve economic lives of employees. Until his death in 1972, Robinson continued to raise funds for the NAACP and lent his celebrity status to the Civil Rights Movement. In 1962 Robinson was the first African-American inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame and he became a member of the All-Century…

A man walks into his job site the very first day, his boss comes up to him and says, “You have two choices, when you get to the end of the hall you can turn left which will give you a job that is minimum wage, and you will be doing the same thing, every day, for the rest of your life. If you turn right, you will come with me and you will be learning new things every single day, you will fail and even get paid less than minimum wage at times, but this job gives you the opportunity to learn new…

and manager wears his number. April 15th of every year is known as Jackie Robinson Day. Robinson has won many awards. Such as the rookie of the year award in 1947, Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 1948, and was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. After Robinson retired from baseball in 1957, he continued to be involved in the civil rights movement. He often would take action in the voting registration, and often worked with Martin Luther King Jr. to accumulate money to help…

Nearly everyone recognizes the impact that Jackie Robinson had on Major League Baseball and other professional sports, but not everyone realizes that Jackie Robinson simply stepping foot on a baseball field impacted the world of politics, the entertainment industry and the entire Civil Rights movement. The United States was slowly becoming more racially equal in the mid 1900s. “In 1948, President Harry Truman ordered the armed forces to desegregate, in 1954, the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board…

chose Jackie Robinson to be the one to break the color barrier because he knew the Jackie had the strength of character and not just the talent to overcome the taunting and lack of support he would face. Robinson competed in baseball, football, basketball, and track in college. He was also involved in civil rights movements which made him perfect for taking up the new task set ahead of him. Robinson was not left in the dark. He knew what he was getting himself into. He was fully prepared to deal…

The three time Olympic champion and Inductee to the Track and Field Hall of Fame Gail Devers once said, “Sometimes we fall, sometimes we stumble, but we can’t stay down. Everything happens for a reason, and it builds character in us, and it tells us what we are about and how strong we really are when we didn’t think we could be strong.” In Unbroken written by Laura Hillenbrand, Louie Zamperini showed that he could be loyal to his friends in their time of need. Louie like a loyal dog never gave…

Jackie Robinson Did you know that having your number retired in sports is considered one of the highest accomplishments someone can achieve? If someone 's number is retired, it is usually retired from just one team. In fact, only one play in Major League Baseball history has his number retired across the entire league. That player is Jackie Robinson. Besides his incredible career with the Brooklyn Dodgers, his number is retired for what he represents. While most people recognize him as the…

Professional players weren’t the only ones to play baseball during World War II. Facilities for baseball, basketball, and other sports became common among the frontlines (Charlston). The Germans surrendered in May of 1945. (Japan wouldn’t surrender until September 2nd of the same year.) Troops waiting to be discharged from the European theater watched military-formed…

that the Euro American majority looked down upon. “In the course of this appropriation process, these people and their experiences, their connection to the aesthetics, have in essence become ‘invisible’ as the forms purport to become “color-blind’” (Hall 33). Similarly, the African American culture and identity had much to do with their brief stretches of inclusion and exclusion in the sporting world. White Americans did not want to see black athletes succeed in the field of sports. Although…

school, he had to look through dumpsters for equipment. Madden was one of the most athletic people growing up and in high school, he was the best of the best and excelled in multiple sports. In the text, it states, "Madden played football, as well as basketball and baseball at Jefferson High School" ('’John Madden'' SJ). During high school, Madden played multiple sports and was very, very good at them all. As a child, Madden did not have money to buy the newest equipment, so when he needed some…