Branch Rickey

“I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being” this is a quote Jackie Robinson once said. Jackie Robinson is one of the greatest baseball players of all time. He is the first African American baseball player of the 20th century. He had many problems and troubles, but that did not affect Jackie at all. He would would think of the negatives of life, only the positives. He help show that it is not about the color of our skin, it is heart…

must go on. Baseball was a temporary break for not only the soldiers overseas but their families who needed some joy and entertainment in their lives; above all an escape from the tension of war. Branch Rickey, the creator of the farm system once again changed baseball major league forever. In 1945 Rickey signed Jackie Robinson, a black baseball player to the Montreal Royals with the promise of making it to the Dodger’s if he played well and kept his mouth shut (Baseball,2010). In 1947, Robinson…

Color Barrier Broken The end of slavery should have been the beginning of a better way of life for Black Americans, instead it sparked a whole new set of problems. Americans today do not fully understand the hardships and troubles many faced one hundred and twenty years ago, during the time of legal segregation. Biased media and government verdicts tore apart countless Negro families. Intelligence, capability, and talent are all qualities both Caucasians and African Americans share. But…

got paid as much as your typical low income black man. Eventually, due to lack of funding and The Great Depression the colored leagues failed. It wasn’t till the very end of the first half of the twentieth century where a man, by the name of, Branch Rickey worked Blacks into his system of the Minor Leagues. But, by then some of the Blacks that could have had a successful career in the majors were getting up in age and never got the opportunity to play in the majors. Finally, in 1947 Jackie…

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…

Jackie was doing good in the negro league and the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers Branch Rickey took notice, and asked Jackie to join the team. Jackie Robinson broke the streak of an all white league for over 60 years on April 15, 1947. Wearing a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform, Jackie was the first African American baseball player to take the field…

History of baseball This popular sport was given the name “America’s past time” through the years even though there has been debate for centuries of which land invented this game. The game of baseball has been seen back through history all the way back to 1600s. Abner Doubleday has been said to be the inventor of America’s pastime, but has never been credited with it. He never knew he created this game either because he was killed in the civil war before recongnition. Back then they called…

Prior to the years of 1947, the color barrier in the game of major league baseball remained the same. White. Around that year, a movement began in attempt to integrate the sport. The president of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Branch Rickey, looked for a player that had honor, integrity, athletic skills and discipline. Emphasis on how a player was picked with the self-control to not fight back when times were unfair. That player picked was a Black American named Jackie Robinson. Having a strong…

Extended Writing Project - Jovan Ramirez Turning points in life can often be hard and tough, for you to live through. You can infer this by reading some of the selections I have read, such as Warriors Don’t Cry, I Never Had it made, and “The Father of Chinese Aviation”.The individuals in these excerpts are Melba Beals, Jackie Robinson, and Feng Ru. All three of these people have faced turning points in their own lives, but it didn’t affect just them. Beals changed all white schools in the U.S.A.…

During the 1960 's, United States of America was undergoing a struggle for racial equality. During this movement numerous people, especially African-Americans, dreamed of equal rights, equal living conditions, and overall equality between the races. Some people like Martin Luther King Jr. adopted an integrationist stance, while others like Malcolm X adopted a separatist stance. But one famous baseball player we all know as Jackie Robinson, found himself a little in between these two stances.…