...Jackie Robinson was the most interesting person to me because he was a baseball hero who broke the color barrier. “He was born on January 31, 1919 in Cairo, Georgia.” He was the youngest child with four siblings, he was raised by his single mother. He got his high school diploma from John Muir High School and also attended Pasadena City College where I currently attend. At Pasadena City College he was considered an superb athlete, well because he played four different sports, including football, basketball, track, and baseball. He was the region’s Most Valuable Player in baseball in 1938. Mr. Robinson went to the University of California after Pasadena City College. He was a tremendous athletic because he was the first student in UCLA history...
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...Everyone has a barrier in life. They have fears, disability, lack of experience, death in the family. Barriers are things or obstacles that stand in our way to reach our goal. Barriers could be anything. The barrier that i face is the fear of being short. I started noticing that I wasn’t growing much on my birthday last year. I had only grew one inch for the whole year. My grandma on my dad’s side is 5,1’. THen when I stand beside my cousins that are 5,9’ and only in eighth grade. That really makes me look like a dwarf. Jackie Robinson had barriers to go through. Jackie Robinson was a negro that broke the color barrier in 1947. The color barrier was a rule that not negroes could step on a major league field and play. He played for the Brooklyn...
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...To understand the importance of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier you need to understand where the United States of America was. At the time baseball was Americas pastime and most beloved sport. The year was 1947 and the President was Harry Truman. There were still lynching and riots over the promotion of black workers. Not only in the South but also states like Michigan and Pennsylvania. In 1944 a black woman was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat and a man was lynched for not referring to a police officer as Mr. but instead his first name. “Lynching is when a mob kills someone, especially by hanging, for an alleged offense with or without a legal trail”. Despite the decline of some organizations like the KKK, racism...
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...Jackie Robinson is one of the most well known athletes in American history for breaking the race barrier in Major League Baseball. Before him, there was segregation in the sport - and just about all other sports, too. But while most people know this one aspect of his life, there is a lot that goes unknown by the public. Number Fifteen: He Was Born Into a Family of Sharecroppers. Born in Cairo, Georgia, Jackie Robinson was born into a family of poor agricultural workers. Not only his parents, but much of his extended family did this same kind of work. Number Fourteen: He Was From a Poor Family in an Affluent Town. The area in which Jackie Robinson lived was not completely stricken by poverty, but the Robinson family experienced the racism...
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...Barriers are something preventing you from achieving something. An example of this is the color barrier and how it prevented african americans from playing in the same league as whites. Jackie Robinson overcame this barrier and was the first negro to play in the All American league. I also have a barrier and its to get into Honor Society. The people that are helping me are my peers and my family members. The first time I faced this barrier I didn’t do a lot to break it but now i'm determined to get into Honor Society. While trying to break I faced other problems in my life such as two very close family members getting cancer. Some values Jackie Robinson used to get as far as he did include being determined, courageous, and persistent....
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...paper I sigh in relief, straight A’s. Any other student would have still felt if it was all B’s, but I would never. All the other kids don’t care about the big picture, but I do. I’m only in 8th grade, but my biggest worry is college. Some kids aren't going to get a scholarship and go to college, but that’s not an option for me. I have big goals to never make a B and get a scholarship, so I can go to college. Jackie Robinson had big goals too. He did something extraordinary that no one else could. Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball....
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...Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play in the MLB. Jackie was drafted into the MLB in 1947, and in 1955 he helped the Brooklyn Dodgers win a World Series Championship. Jackie Robinson should be remembered because he broke the color barrier when he became the first black athlete to play Major League Baseball. Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born on January 31, 1919, in Cairo, Georgia(Jackie Robinson Bio). Jackie also had 4 other siblings. Robinson was raised only by his mother because his dad walked out on them when he was young. He attended John Muir High School and Pasadena Junior College, where he was an excellent athlete and played four sports: football, basketball, track, and baseball (Jackie Robinson Bio). Jackie continued his education and went to college at UCLA. Where he became the university's first student to win varsity letters in four sports (Jackie Robinson Bio). Robinson was forced to leave UCLA just shy of graduation due to financial hardship. He moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, where he played football for the semi-professional Honolulu Bears (Jackie Robinson Bio). In Hawaii playing football he played running back. In 1942 to 1944, Robinson served in the United States Army, as a second lieutenant. During boot camp at Fort Hood, Texas, Robinson was arrested for refusing...
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...Jackie Robinson was born on January 31, 1919, into a family of sharecroppers. He has three brothers named Mark, Edgar, and Frank and a sister named Willa Mae Robinson. He had a mom and a dad named Mallie and Jerry Robinson. Jackie was born in Cairo, Georgia in the United States of America. He went to school at Washington Middle School and John Muir High School. Jackie went to college at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and Pasadena City College. He dropped out of college for financial reasons. Then he joined the United States Army in 1942. He got kicked out of the army because of incidents with racial discrimination. His full name is Jack Roosevelt “Jackie” Robinson. Jackie Robinson got invited to...
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...Jackie used respect when he respectfully reminded the president that they have been the most patient of all the people instead of saying it in a rude way. I like how Jackie respectfully wrote a letter asking the president to take is words under consideration. I learned that Jackie Robinson wrote a letter to the presidential Civil Rights. I can apply this by talking to someone or asking something respectfully even though you're being treated unfairly. Jackie Robinson had integrity when he said he was sitting in the audience and he felt like standing up and saying ¨oh no¨. He was being honest about what he wanted to say. I like how Jackie tells what he hopes the president to not crush the spirit of freedom in the negroes that they enjoy....
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...Roosevelt Robinson was born on January 31, 1919 in CAIRO GEORGIA his father Jerry Robinson and his mother Mallie Robinson He died on October 24, 1972 due to a heart attack has was 53 and currently in Stamford Hospital he was pronounced dead at 7:10 am he had 3 kids Sharon Robinson, Jackie Robinson Jr, and David Robinson and he was married to Rachel Robinson. The main event that he lived through was segregation this event or time period lasted from 1896 to 1954. Segregation was the separation of different colored people which means that only certain colored people could use certain things or go certain places. An example of this would be restaurants they would have a separate entrance for blacks. When Jackie was 20 World War II started...
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...you’re wasting your life.” Jackie Robinson once said. Jack “Jackie” Roosevelt Robinson was born January 31, 1919 in Cairo Georgia. His middle name, Roosevelt came from President Theodore Roosevelt. He was the youngest of 5 children; Robinson didn’t have a father figure in his life because he left their family just after Jackie was born. His mother Millie raised all 5 children by herself. Just a year after Jackie was born his family left the small town of Cairo, Georgia and set off for a town in California, called Pasadena. As a young boy, Jackie watched his older brothers as they excelled in sports during school....
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...“A life is not important except in the impact it has on another's life.” Jackie Robinson said this in reference to helping people overcome challenges and struggles that they would not be able to overcome by themselves. Robinson was a strong, determined, and rebellious athlete as well as a great representative of the sports world. Jackie was a leader and key person in the integration of baseball. Jackie Robinson was one of the most influential people in sports history. For example, the key idea that led to Jackie Robinson becoming a rebel was him being the first African American to challenge the color barrier in athletics. Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947 in major league baseball when the Brooklyn Dodgers brought him up from the colored...
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...Jackie Roosevelt Robinson was born on January 31, 1919 in Cairo, Georgia. He was the youngest of five children. Jackie’s father left the family shortly after he was born. Jackie never saw his father again. His mother raised him and his three brothers and one sister. About a year after Jackie was born, the family moved to Pasadena, California. There Jackie grew up watching is older brother excelling in sports. His brother became a track star who won a silver medal in the 200 meter dash the 1936 Olympics. Jackie loved to play sports. In high school he ran track like his older brother and also played other sports like football, baseball, tennis, and basketball. He was the quarterback of the football and the star player on the baseball team. Jackie had a deal to racism all through high school. Most of his teammates were white. Most of the white people would cheer him on the field. He was treated second class citizen off the field. After college, Robinson went to play professional football, but his career to a quick end with the start of World War II. He was drafted into the army. Jackie met the famous boxing champion Joe Lewis at basic training and they became friends. Joe helped Robinson get accepted into officer training. Once Jackie finished his officer...
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...Feng Ru, Melba Beals, and Jackie robinson all made an life changing experience in their country, They faced challenges and other things as they made a turning point in history. Jackie Robinson was the first person to break the color barrier in the M.L.B. as an black person. When Jackie was first entered he didn't get accepted immediately when he joined. In the autobiography Jackie was only playing because he brought in more money for the fans. And some people treated him with loyalty and respect and in the text “in a Dixie town, cried out, “attaboy, Jackie.” this all explains that jackie Robinson changed his country Feng ru was the first Chinese to bring aviation to china and and was a excellent hard worker. Feng Ru worked in factory and...
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...Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia with his five siblings. He was raised in poverty with his mother. He attended John Muir high school, and later on went to Pasadena college. During his college years, he was an excellent athlete. In fact, he was such a great player that he played four sports: football, basketball, track, and baseball. Robinson was inspired by his older brother to go into sports. His brother, Matthew Robinson, went to the olympics in Berlin, Germany. Later, Jackie continued his education at the University of California. Here, he became the university’s first student to receive varsity letters in all four sports. However, Jackie was forced to leave UCLA due to a financial issue. Because of this, he moved to Honolulu, Hawaii to play for the semi-professional Honolulu bears. His admission to the bears was cut short due to World War II, when he had to be enrolled into the army. Jackie served two years in the army but never saw combat. Also, at a...
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