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what they can. At the end of my career I was well known to be one of the best base stealers. I tried being the best at what I could do to show the world that I a black man can do what whites to. Sixth Question: When you first joined the Brooklyn Dodgers the players didn't give you respect. What did you do to make them respect you? Jackie: Well some players would defend me but they weren't anything close to being my friend. A lot of players would stand up to others. But throw the time of being…

Jackie Robinson was a key player in the Civil Rights Movement here in America, by being the first black man to be part of the then primarily white-exclusive MLB. He rose above the blatant racism and hatred which he was faced with everyday, and continued on his path for success. Jackie Robinson is the human embodiment of the phrase, 'taking the highroad' and because of this, solidified his place as being one of the most important figures in the time. He serves as an example for all that you must…

Joe Reliford Joe Reliford is known for making baseball history. He is the youngest person to be known to play in a professional baseball game. He lived through tough times, and for blacks it was hard for them to make a living off of something other than working on farms and sharecropping. Joe lost his dad at an early stage in life. He had never lost hope and confidence in being a batboy for a team. Joe got turned down once by a team, but the all-white pioneers were hiring anyone. Joe had joined…

Character traits a Louie zamperini Did you know that 33% of POWS died in POW camps that Louie was in but Louie still made it through? Louie started out as a troubled kid who stole things, drank alcohol, and smoked cigarettes. Then his brother convinced him to do track and he was great at it. He set records and was also the youngest to ever go to the olympics. He came in 8th place in the Olympics. The book I am talking about is Unbroken (Laura Hillenbrand). The two traits that I think…

the world of baseball for African Americans. Years after his baseball career, he combined and published his first-hand experiences with injustice in his autobiography: I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson. In 1947, the Brooklyn Dodger president named Mr. Branch Rickey turned the tide of baseball by inviting a black player into the national ball leagues, shocking all of America. Mr. Rickey placed the responsibility of being the first African American ball player on Jackie…

was an African American baseball player who starred in the major leagues from 1947 to 1957. What made his career special was he was extraordinary at the game as well as being the first African American to play the game. He played with the Brooklyn Dodgers as well as the Kansas City Monarchs in the “Negro League”. This is important because Jackie Robinson led the way for many other African Americans to not only integrate baseball, but many other sports as well. Over the rest of his life after…

When Bill Robinson was only 7 years old his grandmother raised him after the death of his parents. At age 5 years old Robinson began tap dancing for a living. He would soon drop out of school to pursue a career in the Art of Dance. In 1886, he joined the Mayme Remington’s troupe in Washington, D.C, and toured with them. In 1891, at the age of 12 years old Robinson joined a traveling company in the South before the War. in 1905 he worked with George Cooper as a vaudeville team, which…

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. Robinson was the first African American to ever play professional baseball and changed many people’s lives, but nothing came easy for him as he was tormented, abused, and heckled night in…

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 and the championship (bio.com). It was during this time that Jackie Robinson proved he was a brave man and a good Christian. The Dodger President, Mr. Rickey, was a Christian and he wanted make sure that Jackie knew how to act in a…

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…