Jackie Robinson: Breaking the Color Barrier
It’s April 15, 1947 opening day at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn. Many people
have turned out to see one man, the first black person to ever play in major
league baseball. He is setting new standards for all blacks now and those to
come. His name is Jack Roosevelt Robinson. We all wish him well and hope he
can surmount the racial differences.
At this time it was unheard of to have a black person treated equally to a
white person, more the less it was highly unlikely to have a black person play on the same field as a white person. But for one man who stands alone Jackie Robinson’s conquest to break through the color barrier with the help of Branch Rickey has set new standards for all black athlete’s to come.
Jackie Robinson grew up in Cairo, Georgia. Jackie attended UCLA where he played baseball, basketball, football, and track. After collage Jackie enrolled in world war two. After the war Jackie......
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