three ways shakes believed greatness was acquired. Many people in our world today have done great things and changed our world today. One specific character that achieved greatness and changed the game of baseball to what it is today was Jackie Robinson. Jackie Robinson was not only a bunch of little bits of greatness‚ he was one big greatness. Robinson changed the game of baseball by coming out of
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"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives." - Jackie Robinson. Jackie Robinson is one of the most important people to ever live. He has impacted the world tremendously with his actions. With his bravery and determination he has built our world to what it is today. Jackie Robinson was born 1919 in Cairo‚ Georgia. At only six months old his father left his family. He lived with his mother Millie‚ his three brothers‚ and his sister. After his father left the family relocated
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Marisa Voisard HSS 2020 December 2‚ 2014 Jackie Robinson: Breaking the Color Barrier April 15‚ 1947‚ opening day at Ebbets Field‚ Brooklyn. Many people crowd to the field to see one man‚ the first black person to ever play in major league baseball. He is setting new standards for all blacks past‚ present‚ and future. His name is Jack Roosevelt Robinson. At this time it was unheard of to have a black person treated equally to a white person‚ even more unlikely to have a black person play on the
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Jackie Robinson the most famous baseball player became the first black player in the major leagues in 1947. Jackie was born in Cairo‚ Georgia‚ on January 31‚ 1919 and was the youngest of five children. He had a grandfather that was a slave‚ Jackie’s dad was a sharecropper and Mallie‚ Jackie’s mother‚ was a maid. Jackie had a tough childhood. His dad ran away from the family when Jackie was only an infant. After his father deserted ‚ jackie and his family moved to california to seek for a better
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Despite many of the challenges Jackie Robinson faced in his career‚ he still stood strong and composed. In the article‚ Justice at Last by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns is about the challenges he faced in his baseball career. Without Jackie Robinson‚ we might still be living in a world where people would be judged by their color and would be treated very badly. In the early 1900s‚ many major league baseball teams excluded African American baseball players. Consequently‚ these players were rejected
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Jackie Robinson was born on January 31‚ 1919 in Cairo‚ Georgia. Racism should be stopped in every state it should no matter if you are an African-American or a Regular American there are a lot of great African-Americans that did very helpful things in the United States. Jackie Robinson was the first African-American that played in Major League Baseball sure there were the Negro leagues where only African-Americans could play. Jackie Robinson played in the Negro leagues for his first couple of years
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Jackie Robinson: Overcoming Adversity Jackie Robinson‚ the first African-American in Baseball‚ transformed the face of American sports forever. Not only was he an outstanding athlete‚ but with the help of Branch Ricky‚ owner of Brooklyn Dodgers‚ they worked for reforms in the sports community. April 15‚ 1947 is the day that one of the most important events in American history took place. On that day‚ Jackie Robinson took the final step in making the biggest breakthrough in sports history‚ it
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change that was yet to come. He was the first African American inducted to the hall of fame not only because of his athletic achievements but also for his part in making society a better place by initiating the fall of segregation. During his lifetime Jackie Robinson was perhaps the most significant ballplayer in history and even today it is still true. Much of what he advocated for is still in effect today in some way. Although many accomplishments were achieved there is still an ongoing fight for civil
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Max Salem Mrs. Bloom 3-T 23 November 2015 Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese Monument The Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese Monument is outside of MCU Park (home of the Brooklyn Cyclones) in Brooklyn‚ New York. William Behrends who is an artist from North Carolina and he is famous for his portraits of Major League Baseball (MLB) players sculpted the monument and the walkway to the monument was designed by Ken Smith. The idea came to him when he saw Pee Wee Reese‚ who at the time was the captain
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was that he became the first African American to play in the Major Leagues in 1947. When that happened‚ he made a big breakthrough in America. He opened the door for many African American athletes and now today more than half are African American. Jackie was the main reason why there is many African American athletes‚ “a lot has changed in 50 years. Today‚ more than 1‚600 black athletes play major league sports!” (Scher and Kaplan‚ 1997). He has been an inspiration to many people across the world
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