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Jackie Robinson reminds us how far we’ve progressed in the world of sports. Given the frequency with which we see African-American superstars like NBA player LeBron James or NFLer Adrian Peterson light up the sports highlight reels, it's easy to forget that they wouldn't have been given the same opportunities a lifetime ago without Robinson, even though Jackie was not the first african american on a professional team. Who do you think was the very first african american to play on a professional…

“There are many actions and individuals who have made a substantial impression on the game of baseball. Together, Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey are the most significant. Branch Rickey, the orchestrator of Organized Baseball's desegregation, president and general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers believed that integration in Major League Baseball would be great for America. Branch Rickey put his knowledge into motion by seeking black baseball players looking for the perfect candidate to break…

A hero changed the game of baseball for the greater good many years ago. Jackie Robinson had one of the greatest influences in the world of baseball by opening rights for baseball and breaking down the color barrier. So keep reading this because it’s a catch! The world of baseball has been made what it is today because of Jackie Robinson gaining rights for baseball, becoming the first black person in the major league baseball, and for breaking down the color barrier. Jackie Robinson played a…

My Hero April 15 1947, BOOM! The baseball goes flying into left field high and far Leon Culberson going back to the warning tracks,Jackie Robinson rounding first base going two.Jackie was the first black person to go to the major league and broke records while in the Major league of Baseball he broke the record of baseballs color line and changed the game forever.Jackie Robinson is my hero because he broke color barriers, never gave up on himself, and was hardworking.Jackie Robinson was…

Yes, the 27-year-old right hander finally looks like the pitcher everyone envisioned when he was a highly touted prospect six years ago. But the dominance he's displayed since mid-2015 doesn't — and shouldn't — erase the other five years of his injury-riddled career, which makes the Nats' extension a puzzling gamble that seems based on wishful thinking and a way-too-small sample size. Anything but a reliable rotation presence during his six-year career, Strasburg already has had five separate…

Bread Company: Our History”, 2014) In 1993 Au Bon Pain purchased a bakery café company called the Saint Louis Bread Company. (“Panera Bread Company: Our History”, 2014) This newly purchased company consisted of 20 bakery-café locations in the area of St. Louis, Missouri. (“Panera Bread Company: Our History”, 2014) They completed a realignment of the Saint Louis Bread Company and it thrived between 1993 and 1997, increasing the unit volumes by 75%. (“Panera Bread Company: Our History”, 2014) In…

Progress columnist Alan Gibson died last week at his home in Bent Tree of natural causes [his obituary appears on page 16A]. Gibson had been contributing his “The Essential Bad Attitude” column to the Progress since April 2008. The author of books and plays won a first place award in the largest weekly newspaper category for humor writing in the Georgia Press Association contest for the year 2013. The Bent Tree resident has never missed a weekly deadline, still working in longhand, vigorously…

1911, in Mississippi. His name was Thomas Lanier Williams when he was born, He later changed his name after moving to New Orleans at age 28. Williams’s childhood was hard because although he was a happy boy, his life changed after his family moved to St. Louis Missouri. As a result of the urban life he now had, Williams turned inward and began writing. His parents were not a happy marriage, the home felt tense. All the tension in his house and the personalities his parents had helped Williams…

Jackie Robinson used his activism and talent in baseball to change a political view on african american by being the first african american baseball player. Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born on January 31, 1919 in cairo,georgia. His daddy walked out on him, his mom and 4 other siblings. Soon after his birthday he and his mom and 4 other siblings moved to Pasadena, California. In high school Jack Roosevelt Robinson played baseball, basketball, football, broad jump, and track at UCLA. In 1942,…

Marys Peak - Fir Forests Lindsay Liddell FES 342 Professor Matthew Powers MWF 10-11am Due: 10/19/15 Marys Peak is a mountain in Benton County, Oregon. At the top of the peak, on a clear day, one can see the cities of the Willamette Valley, the Cascade Range, and the Pacific Ocean. It is known for its meadows of wildflowers in spring and its fir forests uniquely populated with noble firs (Abies procera). Little data is available regarding the trees age, but there is clear variance in age,…