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Jackie Robinson

Jackie robinson was a persevering person. He faced many challenges throuought hi life. Jackie robinson exemplified perseverebce by overcoming racism, his difficult childhood, and his challenging sports and carreer.

Jackie robinson overcame the challanges of racism. When he was a child his neighbors try to run him and his family away because of their color. often his neighbors also threw rocks at him, they would also often call him rasist names. one day his white neigbors threatened him to leave and to not come back. one day his neighbor and jackie were throwing rocks at each other and saying racist names. jackie did not have many friends mostly just his family. Jackie also had a challenging childhood. when he was just a baby his father deserted his family and moved to another state. He and his family spent lots of time trying to work to have money. time to times they did not have enough money. there were days when they did have to go without a meal. sometimes he ate bread dipped in day old milk. they were eventualy foreced to move out of their house and live with jackies uncle in his smalll apartment.

During his sports career and school years he overcame many challanges. In 1947 the Brooklyn Dogers president approched him about joining them. By breaking the color barrier he challenged the deeply rooted customs of racial segregation. In school years whe he was at UCLA he was forced to drop out of his cources due to finacial reasons. . Jackie robinson overcame many difficult challenges through his life. 1949 he was selected as the n l's most valuble player inducted into baseball hall of fame. in 1997 the world celebrated the 50th anneversiery of jackies breaking maijor legue baseball color barrier. all maijor leagues across the nation celebrated the milestone.

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