Black History Month Project
My Research
At UCLA, Jackie became the first athlete to win varsity letters in four sports: baseball, basketball, football and track. In 1941, he was named to the All-American football team.
In 1945, Jackie played one season in the Negro Baseball League, traveling all over the Midwest with the Kansas City Monarchs. But greater challenges and achievements were in store for him. In 1947, Brooklyn Dodgers president Branch Rickey approached Jackie about joining the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Major Leagues had not had an African-American player since 1889, when baseball became segregated. When Jackie first donned a Brooklyn Dodger uniform, he pioneered the integration of professional athletics in America. By breaking the color barrier in baseball, the nation's preeminent sport, he courageously challenged the deeply rooted custom of racial segregation in both the North and the South.
As a result of his great success, Jackie was eventually inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962.
In 1945, Jackie played one season in the Negro Baseball League, traveling all over the Midwest with the Kansas City Monarchs. But greater challenges and achievements were in store for him. In 1947, Brooklyn Dodgers president Branch Rickey approached Jackie about joining the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Major Leagues had not had an African-American player since 1889, when baseball became segregated. When Jackie first donned a Brooklyn Dodger uniform, he pioneered the integration of professional athletics in America. By breaking the color barrier in baseball, the nation's preeminent sport, he courageously challenged the deeply rooted custom of racial segregation in both the North and the South.
As a result of his great success, Jackie was eventually inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962.
My Ideas
I wanted to do a poster on Jackie Robison because he was a big eye opener to get rid of segregation in America. Even though some may not have even heard of Jackie, the role he played was huge because, sports, baseball in particular is something almost everyone knew about. Now that he was in the Major League he had the nation changing their point of view on segregation.
Jackie was a gentleman and his attitude is what I personally look up to. No matter what slander or objects were thrown at him, he always responded with something respectful, and didn't let it get to him.
Jackie was a gentleman and his attitude is what I personally look up to. No matter what slander or objects were thrown at him, he always responded with something respectful, and didn't let it get to him.