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Jackie Robinson. Alisha Thomas. Who is Jackie Robinson?. He was the first baseball player to break the color barrier in Major League Baseball. http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XY-XshGhMU. Early Life. Jack Roosevelt Robinson Cairo, Georgia 1919 Mostly raised by single parent - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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JACKIE ROBINSONAlisha Thomas
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Who is Jackie Robinson?• He was the first baseball player to break the color barrier
in Major League Baseball.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XY-XshGhMU
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Early Life• Jack Roosevelt Robinson
• Cairo, Georgia
• 1919
• Mostly raised by single parent
• Father left and moved to Pasadena, California
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Early Life Cont.• Poverty
• Only black family on the block
• Gang
• Carl Anderson
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Early Life Cont.• Washington Junior High School
• John Muir High School
• Varsity Level
• Football, Baseball, Track, Basketball, Tennis
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Recognition • Pacific Coast Negro Tennis Tournament
• Pomona
• Pasadena Star News
• "for two years has been the outstanding athlete at Muir, starring in football, basketball, track, baseball and tennis."
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High School• Baseball MVP
• Order of the Mast and Dagger
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College Life• UCLA
• First student to win Varsity Letters in 4 sports
• Left UCLA
• NYA
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Where did he go?• Moved to Honolulu
• Honolulu Bears
• Cut short
• War began
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Cont.• Drafted to Army
• Second Lieutenant
• Arrested
• During Training
• Honorable discharge
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After Discharge• Played Professional Baseball
• Segregated
• Branch Rickey
• Dodgers Vice President
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Cont.• Joined Farm Team for Brooklyn Dodgers (Royals)
• All- White
• Robinson:"Are you looking for a Negro who is afraid to fight back?“
Rickey:"with guts enough not to fight back.“
• Turned Cheek
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Cont.• 600$ a month
• Noble Experiment
• Racial issues
• Phillies
• Went back to California
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Later that season..• Toured South America
• Married fiancée Rachel Isum
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Dodgers• Called to play Major-League
• First baseman
• Ebbets Field
• Color Barrier
• Dodgers win
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Cont.• Fans abandon Negro league teams to watch Robinson
• Positive review however…
• Racial tension
• "I do not care if the guy is yellow or black, or if he has stripes like a [zebra]. I'm the manager of this team, and I say he plays. What's more, I say he can make us all rich. And if any of you cannot use the money, I will see that you are all traded.“
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Racism Continued• Opposing teams
• Cardinals
• 7-inch gash
• Phillies
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Encouragement• "You can hate a man for many reasons. Color is not one
of them.“
• Statue was made of him
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Accomplishments• 151 games for Dodgers
• 175 hits
• 12 home runs
• 29 stolen bases
• Rookie of the year Award
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Cont.• Encouraged other African-Americans to play major league
baseball
• Signed a $12,500 contract (equal to $114,043 today) with the Dodgers
• Surgery
• Started to weaken
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Retirement• Played in 1955 World Series and won
• Diagnosed with diabetes
• New York Giants
• Retirement
• Executive of Chock full O’Nuts
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Conclusion• Died: October 24, 1972
• Played for 60 years
• Presented equality
• “Alegend and a symbol in his own time“
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Interesting Facts• Movie made after him• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biLJvoQp0C4• Song made after him• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-7Ac2LVVYU• Appeared in TV game shows• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LaRkuU-YjM&feature=
related
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Personal Quotes • “I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I
ask is that you respect me as a human being.”
• “There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.”
• “Above anything else, I hate to lose.”
• “How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts.”
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Multiple Choice Questions• What college did Jackie Robinson go to?
a. Harvard Universityb. UCLAc. Yaled. MIT
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Multiple Choice Questions• Why did Jackie get arrested?
a. Yelling at a white police officer.b. Stealing c. Refusing to sit at the back of the busd. Refusing to go to war
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Multiple Choice Questions• What was Jackie’s wife’s name?
a. Rebeccab. Rachelc. Stephanied. Sarah
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Multiple Choice Questions• What team gave Jackie Robinson the hardest time?
a. Philliesb. Yankeesc. Cubsd. Red Sox
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Multiple Choice Questions• What was the name of the Dodger’s farm team that
Robinson played for?
a. Royalsb. Warriorsc. Queensd. Kings