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This brought the game of baseball to a whole new level. Though he had many whites, which didn't think that blacks should be allowed to play baseball, he kept on following his dream and his goal. He accomplished that dream on April 15, 1947, when he became the first black major league baseball player, an event that would change the history and the game of baseball forever...
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Jackie Robinson was proud of being black and he challenged many racial pretensions through out his life. As an army lieutenant he resisted on moving to the back of the bus, for that reason he was court marshaled and was found innocent. As a baseball player he railed against teams and individuals when he believed they were racists: " To the average man in the average American community, Jackie Robinson was just what the sports pages said he was, the first Negro to play baseball in the Major leagues...
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Jackie Robinson Biography May 16, 2007 The Black Messiah of Baseball Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson was born January 31, 1919 in Cairo, Georgia. He was the youngest of five children...	3 / 670
Jackie Robinson Jackie Robinson was born to a sharecropper's cabin on January 31, 1919. He was the fifth and last surviving child. The Robinson's worked for the Sasser family in exchange for their cabin and a few provisions...	3 / 725
Jackie Robinson Jackie fought racism in his California childhood, at collage and throughout his whole life. During his childhood at California he was always picked on at school...	4 / 919
Jackie Robinson 3 It’s April 15, 1947 opening day at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn. Many people have turned out to see one man, the first black person to ever play in major league baseball...	5 / 1167
Jackie Robinson Jackie worked for the National Youth Administration at a work camp but the camp was closed. In the fall of 1941, he joined the Honolulu Bears professional football team and then was drafted into the Army...	2 / 451
Jackie Robinson 4 “ He struck a mighty blow for equality, freedom and the American way of life. Jackie Robinson was a good citizen, a great man, and the true American champion...	2 / 491
Jackie Robinson In Jackie Robinson's time, African Americans were not just segregated in sports, they were segregated in life. For example, African Americans went to different schools than whites; they were not allowed to sit in the front of public transportation vehicles, and were segregated in all aspects of life...	2 / 343