Jackie+Robinson

Jackie Robinson is the best known african american baseball player ever to play the game because he was the one who broke the color barrier and was the first black baseball player. Also his childhood was very rough for him and his family. Jackie exemplified perserverance by overcoming segregation, his rough childhood, and the challenge of having a poor life as a kid.

The first time he stood up for himself was when he stood up to some white neighbors when they would call him ugly names and threw things at him. He was court-martialed after an incident in which he objected to racial discrimination. What happened was he he stood up for african americans on a segregated bus. The most important thing of all was on April 15, 1947 a historic day for the nation, Major Lague Baseball and Jackie, he was the first african american to ever play a professional sport.

When Jackie was 6 months old, his father deserted the family and moved to another state. Jackie was raised in relative poverty by a single mother. Jackie was forced to drop out of college and help his mom make money to live. But jackie would do whatever he was required to do for his family as long as it was reasonable. Jackie was very dedicated to everything he did because it meant a lot to him.

Jackie also had to to move from Texas to California because of poverty and had to live with some of his mothers family. Jackie had a job at a very young age just to support his family. The last thing was that he couldn't really have nice things because they were poor and because of the segregation.

That is how Jackie Robinson was a perservering person. He accomplished so many things and got inducted into the hall of fame, the greatest award ever in baseball. Jackie was also perservering outside of sports he stood up for segregation, he was hard working and determined to do whatever he set his mind to.

Refrences: Humphrey, S. (2005). //Dare to dream:25 extrodinary lives//. (pp. 53-56). New York: Prometheus Books. Robinson, jackie. In (2011). //Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia//Grolier Online 2011. Retrieved from [] //Bio.truestory//. (1996-, 2011). Retrieved from http://www.biography.com/people/jackie-robinson-9460813 (1/1/1945). //Getty images//. (1/1/1945). [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=imh&AN=imh212697&site=srck5-live