Meet the Robinsons

Enlightenment Authors and Their Works The Enlightenment Era was an intellectual movement which took place in Europe during the seventeenth and eighteenth century. This movement, also known as the age of reason, holds importance because world ideas such as order, balance, logic and reason dominated. The Enlightenment Era was empowered by the Scientific Revolution. This philosophical, cultural, intellectual and social movement spread throughout England, France, Germany, and Europe during the…

and many different leaders for African-American people to finally to get the rights they deserve. Jackie Robinson, Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King Jr., and Rosa Parks. First, Jackie Robinson was the first black professional baseball player. During his time of baseball, he received many threats due only to his skin color. Many African-Americans during this time were greatly inspired by Robinson and influenced others to stand up for what they believe. Martin Luther King Jr. is known for his…

Jackie Roosevelt Robinson was born on January 31, 1919 in Cairo, Georgia. Mallie Robinson and Jerry Robinson were his parents. Jackie’s parents worked together as tenant workers on a plantation owned by James Madison Sasser in Grady County. Robinson's parents had a troubled marriage, and when Jerry left his wife and children for another woman, Mallie's relationship with Sasser deteriorated until they were evicted from their cabin and forced to seek work elsewhere. Soon after his dad left, they…

Jackie Robinson was the first black (African American) baseball player to make it into Major League Baseball in 1945. To many he was remembered as a hero in most people but in others they despised him for what he had become. He was also a gateway for all black (African American) people to go into sports and enrolments like sports. He was also very good in basketball, football and track the reason he loved sports so much is that there were no limits to how long or at what time or day it was. He…

During the year of 1959, Berry Gordy, who was an African American songwriter, founded “Motown Records”. With a loan of close to $800 which came from his family. Gordy managed to create the company that later came to be known as “Motown Records Corporation”. Berry gave this name “Because Detroit had long been known as the “Motor City”. (Motown Music). Instead of city Berry used town and then combined the words, creating the perfect name for his new record label, Motown. Motown and is soul-based…

Jackie Robinson is so famous because he was the first African American baseball player in the mlb. Jackie Robinson some will argue had the biggest break through of all-time in sports. Many did not like Jackie coming into the league he had fans scream hurtful things , pitchers throw at his head, and even had a player step on his had when he slid into first base. But through all of the hate Jackie never gave up. Jack Roosevelt was born on January 31 1919 in Cairo Georiga. Jackie robinson was a…

transcending nationalities, backgrounds, and ethnicities, and instead bringing forth the immense talent of the legends and heroes that have shaped our understanding of the significance of sports - from Jim Thorpe, Michael Jordan, and Muhammad Ali, to Jackie Robinson, Babe Ruth, and LeBron James.…

What is a Hero? “It’s not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me.”- Batman. According to dictionary.com, an online source, stated that a person, typically a man, who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities. A hero is not someone who is selfish, scared to do anything including in becoming a leader, and someone who is scared to stand up and fight for what they believe in. There are many different definitions of a hero. People have different…

Validating a Divorce It was my third year at camp. She didn’t tell me, I asked. And it wasn’t my first time asking, which is why I hadn’t expected the answer she gave me. My parents’ separation had gone on for so long, asking when they would get divorced became a conversation piece. When my mom said the words she did, I went ballistic. Divorce seemed to be a disaster, but it turned out being the best thing. “Actually, we already got divorced,” my mother told me as our car casually left the…

by Brian Helgeland tells the life story of Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman). Jackie is a Negro League baseball player who never takes racism to the heart unless it’s personal. Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford) is a Major League team executive with a bold idea. To that end, Rickey recruits Robinson to break the unspoken color line as the first modern African American Major League player. As both anticipate, this proves a major challenge for Robinson and his family as they endure unrelenting racist…