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    Jackie Robinson Rough Draft Jackie Robinson is one of the most historic baseball players and athletes ever. Jackie Robinson was the first African American major league baseball player. He went through a lot of physical and emotional abuse to be one of the most historic characters in baseball history. He had the athleticism, the courage, and most importantly, the guts. Branch Rickey, the General Manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers at the time was one of the only to believe in Robinson.…

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    From 1942 to 1944, in the United States Army Jackie served as a second lieutenant. “During boot camp in 1944 in Fort Hood, Texas, was arrested and court-martialed after refusing to give up his seat and move to the back of the bus when ordered to by the driver”. After the war, in 1946, manager and president Branch Rickey of the Brooklyn Dodgers signed Jackie Robinson to the team and assigned him to play on the Dodgers top minor league team in Canada. He led the minor league team to the pennant…

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    Robinson & Daisy’s Struggles Jackie Robinson’s struggle is that he didn’t have all the rights as his teammates. He couldn’t play the same without getting threatened. For example. The fans would boo him and throw items at him. The word everything that happened to him is racism. His own teammates would threaten to kill him, they would even sign a petition to not play. Daisy Junor’s struggle was she had to play every night and trained every morning. She also had to act like a…

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    Abbie Robinson passed away on August 31, 2017. She was born on June 5, 2003 in Des Moines, Iowa and lived with her mom, dad, and two brothers. She died doing what she has always dreamed of doing, skydiving. When Abbie was just a child, she had always wanted to skydive. She traveled to Kauai, Hawaii on a family vacation to complete this dream of hers. Sadly, the parachute didn’t open and she landed breaking almost every bone in her body. When Robinson was a child, she lived in Denver, Colorado…

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    Does someone know a guy who growing up was poor and did not have many opportunities, to becoming to many people the best first baseman to ever play the game? Albert Pujols grew up with his grandma America most of the time and they had to rely on government funds to make it along. Albert Pujols lived in a small house with dirt floors and hardly did Albert ever have shoes. But Albert Pujols always loved baseball and at times he would even play with a stick as a bat, a lemon as a ball, and a milk…

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    Jackie Robinson once said, “I never cared about acceptance, as much as I care about respect” (“Jackie Robinson”3). Former MLB player Jackie Robinson made an impact on the MLB by opening the door for other black players to play alongside him. He was a great baseball player and also a great person. Jackie Robinson was one of the greatest baseball players ever to have played the sport. Jackie Robinson was born on January 31, 1919, in Cairo, Georgia. The youngest of five children in a rather poor…

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    The punch written by John Feinstein is not just a story but a true, interesting and fascinating story. I chose to write a report about this book because it was a story that change not just only the game (basketball) but also a story that change lives and also because the incident tend to happen in the sports that I also play. The incident happened on December 9 1977 a date I think that after reading this book won't be forgotten and will always be remembered by a lot of basketball…

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    Jackie Robinson Baseball is America's best pastime sport. Jackie Robinson was an American professional baseball second basemen , who became the first African American to play Major League baseball in the modern era. Perhaps the most historically significant baseball player ever , ranking with Babe Ruth in terms of his impact of the national pastime. Jackie Robinson is a hero due to his heroic traits of being strong ,and showing leadership. Being the first African American to play Major…

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    So how did Jackie Robinson break the color barrier….he stood his ground. Jackie Roosevelt Robinson was born on January 31 1919, in Cairo, Georgia. His mother name was Mallie Robinson, Jackie had three brothers and one sister, Mack, Frank, Edgar, and his sister Willa. When Jackie was six months old his father left. His mom Mallie moved him and his brothers and sister into an all white neighborhood in California. His mother would not let the white people run them off. Jackie went to middle school…

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    Melba Robinson Obstacles

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    How did three individuals change not only their own lives, but also the lives of others in their countries? Melba Pattillo Beals from the memoir, Warriors Don’t Cry, Jackie Robinson from the autobiography, I Never Had it Made, and Feng Ru from the article, “The Father of Chinese Aviation” written by Rebecca Maksel, all impacted their countries as well as changing their lives with hard work, dedication, and persever Melba Pattillo Beals helped to break the color barrier while at the same time…

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