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Knowing of Jackie's talent and his hate for segregation, Rickey set up an interview hoping he could convince Robinson to sign a contract. When Rickey told Robinson why he had been brought to see him, Jackie's reaction was a combination of several emotions...
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"I was thrilled, scared, and excited. I was incredulous. Most of all, I was speechless" (Rampersad 126). When he did find the ability to speak, his answer was "Yes." Robinson was ready to accept the challenge. Branch Rickey then told Jackie that he knew he had the talent to play in the Majors, but asked him if he had the guts to be the first black man to do it...
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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 Died: Oct. 24, 1972 in Stamford, CT Years with Dodgers: 1947-56 Inducted into Hall of Fame: 1962 The social impact of Jackie Robinson's inclusion into Major League Baseball in 1947 resonates as one of the civil rights movement's most significant triumphs...	3 / 614
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 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 At this time Jackie was very into sports so this move made him pretty upset. He played baseball, basketball, football, and ran track while attending the University of California, Los Angeles...	5 / 1378
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: First African American Baseball Player Robinson and the civil rights movement. He was a huge influence on black baseball players. Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play Major League Baseball...	3 / 610