Alli Hennigan
Jackie Robinson was a very important figure in the civil rights movement.
He was the first African American to play in a major league baseball game. He
did not get it easy though. In fact, many people did not like him or want him to
play. These people included his own teammates, his opponents, and fans. On April
15th, 1947, Robinson played his first game. He played on the Dodgers
and he had a lot of pressure on him. He played second base, and was a very fast
base runner. While on the Dodgers, the team won six pennants, and a world
series. Also, with all the hate on his back, he became the National league’s
most valuable player in 1949. He won this award because he batted .342. After
retiring from baseball, he worked with Dr. King Robinson in the NAACP. He did
black enterprise projects as a founder of the freedom national bank in Harlem.
During his 1962 he was inducted into hall of fame. Ten years later he died of a
heart attack at his home in Connecticut. In 1984, President Ronald Regan gave
Robinson the Posthumous Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award. Lastly,
Major League retired his jersey number 42 but his team wore it one last time to
honor him.
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Jackie Robinson was a very important figure in the civil rights movement.
He was the first African American to play in a major league baseball game. He
did not get it easy though. In fact, many people did not like him or want him to
play. These people included his own teammates, his opponents, and fans. On April
15th, 1947, Robinson played his first game. He played on the Dodgers
and he had a lot of pressure on him. He played second base, and was a very fast
base runner. While on the Dodgers, the team won six pennants, and a world
series. Also, with all the hate on his back, he became the National league’s
most valuable player in 1949. He won this award because he batted .342. After
retiring from baseball, he worked with Dr. King Robinson in the NAACP. He did
black enterprise projects as a founder of the freedom national bank in Harlem.
During his 1962 he was inducted into hall of fame. Ten years later he died of a
heart attack at his home in Connecticut. In 1984, President Ronald Regan gave
Robinson the Posthumous Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award. Lastly,
Major League retired his jersey number 42 but his team wore it one last time to
honor him.
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Jackie Robinson
Shelbi Wilson
Jackie Robinson was the first African American to ever be drafted into the MLB. The team that he was on changed Major League Baseball forever. He suffered serious hardships though. He was not well liked by some his fans, other teams, and even his teammates. Jackie Robinson was a very phenomenal athlete and played other sports such as football basketball and track. Not only was he an amazing athlete, he also served in the army and was active in the Civil Rights Movement. Even though people were having trouble adjusting to the fact that Jackie Robinson was African American, no one could deny his talent. In 1947, he won the Rookie of the Year award. In 1949, when he won Most Valuable Player, he had a hitting average of .342 and 37 stolen bases. While Robinson was a child, his mother single-handedly raised him along with his 3 siblings in a neighborhood where they were the only African American family. Fifty years after Robinson had become the first African American to play major league baseball, the MLB decided to pick his number (forty-two) to be the first number ever retired for every team in the MLB.
http://www.jackierobinson.com/
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jp/bball/jp_bball_jackie_3.html
Jackie Robinson was the first African American to ever be drafted into the MLB. The team that he was on changed Major League Baseball forever. He suffered serious hardships though. He was not well liked by some his fans, other teams, and even his teammates. Jackie Robinson was a very phenomenal athlete and played other sports such as football basketball and track. Not only was he an amazing athlete, he also served in the army and was active in the Civil Rights Movement. Even though people were having trouble adjusting to the fact that Jackie Robinson was African American, no one could deny his talent. In 1947, he won the Rookie of the Year award. In 1949, when he won Most Valuable Player, he had a hitting average of .342 and 37 stolen bases. While Robinson was a child, his mother single-handedly raised him along with his 3 siblings in a neighborhood where they were the only African American family. Fifty years after Robinson had become the first African American to play major league baseball, the MLB decided to pick his number (forty-two) to be the first number ever retired for every team in the MLB.
http://www.jackierobinson.com/
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jp/bball/jp_bball_jackie_3.html
The Murder of Emmett Till
Ally Daly
Emmet Till grew up in Chicago where segregation was experienced. He was a fourteen years old boy when he went to visit his uncle Mose Wright in Money, Mississippi. while with his cousin, Till went to the corner store and was challenged to flirt with the white women at the counter. Upon leaving the store, Till whistled at a white Women behind the counter and said "bye baby." The women Till whistled at was Carolyn Bryant, who was the wife of the owner of the store. The white women then went home and told her sister-in-law what had happened. Bryant's husband and his brother acted very aggressively. Their names were Roy Bryant, the store owner, and J.W. Milam, his half brother. The two men brutally beat him in the head. His face was so beat up, you could not recognize till; or even distinguish him as a human being. Emmet's mom fought all through the case. The Money police put lime juice on his body and nailed the coffin shut. His mother held it open and demanded they have the funeral back in Chicago. Thousands of people showed up in support. All of the people involved in the murder are either dead, or there is no reason to convict them. Emmet Till was not really sure what he did wrong because the unwritten Jim Crow laws are not very well-known in the north. He will never get justice for his brutal murder.
Emmet Till grew up in Chicago where segregation was experienced. He was a fourteen years old boy when he went to visit his uncle Mose Wright in Money, Mississippi. while with his cousin, Till went to the corner store and was challenged to flirt with the white women at the counter. Upon leaving the store, Till whistled at a white Women behind the counter and said "bye baby." The women Till whistled at was Carolyn Bryant, who was the wife of the owner of the store. The white women then went home and told her sister-in-law what had happened. Bryant's husband and his brother acted very aggressively. Their names were Roy Bryant, the store owner, and J.W. Milam, his half brother. The two men brutally beat him in the head. His face was so beat up, you could not recognize till; or even distinguish him as a human being. Emmet's mom fought all through the case. The Money police put lime juice on his body and nailed the coffin shut. His mother held it open and demanded they have the funeral back in Chicago. Thousands of people showed up in support. All of the people involved in the murder are either dead, or there is no reason to convict them. Emmet Till was not really sure what he did wrong because the unwritten Jim Crow laws are not very well-known in the north. He will never get justice for his brutal murder.