Branch Rickey

Jackie Robinson was a very inspirational athlete, known world wide and his name will go down in history. He was a role model, a leader, and made it easier for African American ballplayers everywhere. Jack Roosevelt Robinson was the first African American professional baseball player in todays day in age of baseball. Jackie is credited and rightfully so, with breaking the “color line” in baseball. While he was a great baseball player, that was not even close to the most important thing in…

the Negro Leagues, but he was soon chosen by Branch Rickey, president of Brooklyn Dodgers, to help integrate major league baseball. Robinson started off playing with the Montreal Royals, which was an all-white farm team for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1946. When Robinson got signed to the team Rickey knew there would be problems for the young athlete, so he made Jackie promise not to fight back or do anything when he was confronted with racism. Branch Rickey then tested Robinson reactions to racial…

star baseball team. “As he grew up, he developed a great love for sports and because of his athleticism, he was wanted by many teams” (Browne 334). To talk about his baseball career, Robinson was chosen by the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Rickey Branch. He then joined the all white Montreal Royals, who were a farm team for the Dodgers. Doing tremendously well at the Royals he was brought to the Dodgers. Robinson played his first game on April 15, 1947. Robinson was the first African…

The way I figured it, I was even with baseball and baseball with me. The game had done much for me, and I had done much for it. Jackie Robinson has done a lot for baseball of all leagues. Jackie Robinson has changed Major League Baseball for the better. Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia. He was raised with four other siblings in Pasadena, California by his mother and uncle. His Father left the family when Jackie was a baby. Jackie had to help his mother out by delivering…

person to do it, and Jackie Robinson fit his criteria. Rickey was looking for a player that was: good at baseball, educated, sober, and comfortable with whites (Swaine). Rickey chose Robinson to play for the Montreal Royals. The Royals was an all-white minor league team that was the main farm team for the Dodgers. Robinson played for the Royals for one season, and led the league with a batting average of .349 and a .985 fielding percentage. Rickey promoted Robinson to the Dodgers in 1947, and…

‘ Lieutenant,let me put it this way. How would you like to have your wife sitting next to a ni**er?” (Robinson, 14). He looked for ways to support his family after the Army and decided to play in the Negro League for the Kansas City Monarchs. Branch Rickey discovered his talent and signed Jackie to a baseball…

Jackie Robinson: First Black Baseball All-Star Thesis statement -- Jackie Robinson’s childhood was tough, but he was very athletic. He was good at many different sports. I learned about his baseball success and the segregation he went through. He changed the lives of others and encouraged many other colored people to join the Major Leagues like he did. Jackie Robinson was born on January 31, 1919 in Cairo Georgia. Early life for Jackie was tough, at 6 months old his dad left and never came…

The crack of a bat. Uproar from the crowd. Fans cheering as their favorite player makes the shot that irrefutably leads the team to victory. These are the sounds you will likely hear in any stadium or field as you watch the players coalesce and exhibit the athleticism that they have spent their entire lives honing. In today’s society, sports have become an indispensable element in aspects that make our nation unparalleled - uniting and defining us by transcending nationalities, backgrounds, and…

Giannetti defines ideology as, “a body of ideas reflecting the social needs and aspirations of an individual, group, class, or culture” (448). A film’s purpose is often reflected through the ideology it possesses and in this case, the ideology expresses the treatment of minorities in baseball culture. A League of their Own, The Perfect Game, and 42 all contain an explicit sense of ideology with a thematic orientation towards teaching people about treatment of minorities in baseball culture. A…

For my research I have chosen Jackie Robinson. The reason why I chosen him was because he changed the way of baseball. In 20th century he was the first black athlete to play major league baseball. Jackie signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 (“Jackie Robinson”). Also in 1947 he was named the Rookie of the year and national League MVP in 1949 (“Jackie Robinson”). In 1955 he took the Brooklyn Dodgers to the World Series and won (“Jackie Robinson”). Jackie was born January 31,1919, in Cairo…