Robinson Crusoe

On this day in 1947, Jackie Robinson, age 28, becomes the first African-American player in Major League Baseball when he steps onto Ebbets Field in Brooklyn to compete for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Robinson broke the color barrier in a sport that had been segregated for more than 50 years. Exactly 50 years later, on April 15, 1997, Robinson’s groundbreaking career was honored and his uniform number, 42, was retired from Major League Baseball by Commissioner Bud Selig in a ceremony attended by over…

the blacks had their own league, the Negro League. This was how baseball was played until a man by the name of Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers team. If Robinson could become good enough to play in the MLB for the Dodgers, he would be the “major leagues’ first African-American player in 50 years” (Barber 1) to play in an all-white league. Finally “on April 15, 1947, Robinson shattered baseball’s color barrier when he played for the Dodgers” (Frick 5) after only being in the minors a…

What’s Going On 2 Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On is one of my favorite songs. Honestly, every generation down through the years can ask this question. What’s Going On? What’s going on with our children, with in our homes, in our schools, in our cities, in our nation? There are far too many mothers crying from the loss of their sons or even their daughters…

Jackie Robinson was the essential African yank ballplayer to play inside the Real Associations. He contends as a shortstop in his African yank class and was an astounding hitter and base hooligan. Each amusement, he would take a few bases while not acquiring got. His speed, strategy, and viewpoint helped him increase a few consideration from the most critical Associations. Amid this time, round the 1945's, blacks and whites weren't prepared to play with each other in any game or permitted to…

I'm a very private person. My life story isn't for everybody.” (BrainyQuotes, 2015) Well I feel like everyone needs to know your story to see what almost every black baseball player goes through. I`m pretty sure everyone knows because of Jackie Robinson. Barry Lamar Bonds was born on July 24, 1964 in Riverside, California. Bonds is one of the best baseball players of all time. Bonds started his career in the National…

Jackie Robinson despite being faced with many threats and insults throughout his time in the Negro Leagues, joining the MLB, and his retirement showed people how one man can make a change. Jackie Robinson, the man who broke the color barrier, journey was not an easy task as people may think, with many struggles in his path. By “breaking the barrier at the age of twenty-eight” (Linge 56) and being able to fight through his struggles and not giving up showed how much strength he had. These…

1940s Sports David Ortiz is an African American baseball player that makes more that 15 million a year; it would take an average american to match his 1 years wage with 294 year’s of work. At 1 point athletes didn't make that much and were not recognized as much as they are today. In fact athletes didn't have the same grip on society as they do now because of the amount of attention the press gives them; or by social media. At 1 time sports, jobs, churches,communities were very segregated and…

In the 1920’s, George Herman Ruth Jr., also known as the greatest baseball player of all time, “Babe Ruth” is one of the many cultural icons of the 1920’s. A cultural icon, in this case, is a person who represents a great cultural significance to a wide majority of people. The 1920’s was a time where people felt at ease. Instead of living on farms with a set way of life, people started living more in cities where life was more outgoing and energetic. A person of the 1920’s got to experience a…

Marvin Gaye makes a lot of bold statements in his song, “What's Going On”. His song is a timeless piece of work that will always be relevant no matter the year. The song was made in the year 1971, which was a decade littered with war. Coincidentally, the song can be applied to 2016 with the current news of hate crime. Marvin Gaye says, “Don't punish me with brutality. Talk to me. So you can see. What's going on.” I chose this line because it really speaks to me. As an Indian American, there is…

Ghandi. Jackie Robinson saw a problem in the world that’s gone unsolved for quite some time now. Professional baseball has been a white man’s game for a while now. Robinson wanted to break the color barrier in professional baseball, so he went on to try out for the Brooklyn Dodgers and he did start to play. Robinson was treated as less than human whenever he made an appearance, but he did not abscond from his problems, he fought to surmount them. As other whites started jeering Robinson when…