There is only one number in all of major league baseball that is retired throughout the league. ... The number is 42, and it belongs to the first African-American to play Major League Baseball, Jackie Robinson. I believe that the reason this is the only number that is retired throughout the league is that breaking the color barrier in baseball was that significant of an accomplishment. ... The players on this team would be the first integrated high school in their league. This caused major problems in two different aspects of the season. ...

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The year of 1947 was arguably the most pivotal in the history of major league baseball. ... Prior to his ground-breaking season, black baseball players were barred from the major leagues, limited to playing only against other blacks in front of primarily black fans. That started to change once Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey added Robinson to the major league roster. ... In fact, their impact was obvious during the 1950s and still noticeable in major league dugouts during the seventies. ... He had also picked up the nickname "Dixie," partly because of his southern heritage and p...

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On April 15, 1947, he played his first game in the major leagues in Ebbets Field, the Dodgers" home stadium. Jackie was the first black player to play in the major league. ... In 1949, he won the National League batting championship and was voted the league's Most Valuable Player. At this time, nearly every major league team had at least one black player. ... Jackie Robinson played in the major leagues for only ten years. ...

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This movie consisted of mass racism, tremendous courage, and the development of a new era for Major League Baseball. Based in the late 1940's, this film showed numerous acts of racism, all in an effort to discriminate against MLB athlete, Jackie Robinson, who was the first African-American athlete to compete in Major League Baseball. ... From the Negro League, to the International, and at last, to the Major League, Jackie Robinson had progressed so far. ... Despite resenting segregation, Jackie Robinson changed the face of baseball the moment he played his first Major League game in 1947...

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The first man to break the color barrier in Major League Baseball in the 20th century, Jackie Robinson is one of the most celebrated baseball players in history. ... After hid successful season in 1946 with the team's Farmclub he became the first African American major league baseball player since the 19th century. ... But before Jackie Robinson there was Moses Fleetwood Walker, he was the 1st African American major league baseball player to play baseball in the late 1800's. On April 15, 1947 Jackie Robinson became the 1st African American to play major league baseball....

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In 1946, he was selected as the best person to break the color barrier in Major League Baseball. ... For a long time, it was assumed that blacks were not allowed to play in the Major Leagues simply because they had not for so long. ... Jackie Robinson faced a lot of harassment and death threats throughout his career in the Major Leagues. ... Every one of these values combined to make Jackie the perfect person to integrate Major League Baseball. ... Justice was important in Robinson's career because he knew that blacks needed to be accepted in the Major Leagues in order for the league to ...

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At this time the Negro Leagues were almost as popular as the white major leagues. ... Finally on April 9, 1947 he was official called up to the major leagues by the Dodgers. ... Before Jackie broke the color barrier he wasn't even allowed to think about playing professional baseball in the major leagues. ... Jackie suggested that Major League Baseball hire a black third-base coach and a black manager. ... He was the first Negro to play baseball in the major leagues. ...

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One of his accomplishments was entering the major leagues and is one of the most remarkable and inspiring accomplishments in sports history. When Robinson became the first black to play in Major League Baseball, he changed Americans' views on racism forever. ... On April 15, 1947, Robinson became the first black player to play Major League Baseball (104). ... After 10-years in the major leagues he retired from the game in 1957 (James 215). ... Being the first black American to enter the major leagues, he gave strength to other black athletes to pursue their dreams....

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He was the first African American player in the America Major League Baseball, before that African American player only allow play in African American League Baseball, when he was in University, he was the only one who play not only baseball but football, basketball and track. ... But this line wasn't easy to wipe out, because he play in America Major League Baseball, those American who discriminate against black people even his teammate threaten and abuse him, but he didn't give up, he use his outstanding baseball skill in the baseball field show to people, black people are equal t...

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Jackie Robinson made one of the most daring moves by playing Major League baseball. ... If Jackie tried to fight back in a Major League game, he would be harrassed, booed, abused and maybe even killed. ... Jackie will be the first black in the Major Leagues. ... Jackie Robinson's major league debut was more than just the first step in righting a historical wrong(Dorinson 132). ... The big step of Jackie joining major league baseball changed everything in sports and life. ...

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On April 10, 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first black player to sign a major league contract in the 20th century. ... Jackie led the National League in stolen bases and was named rookie of the year. ... On July 12, 1949, Jackie Robinson made his All-Star game debut for the National league. ... In 1949, with a .342 average, he was named the most valuable player in the league. ... The Dodgers won six National League pennants during Robinson's ten playing years. ...

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Baseball had the Major League and the Negro League. ... Basketball also had separate leagues for blacks and whites. ... The Montreal Royals was not a part of the Negro Leagues. ... Another professional color barrier was broken the same year that Jackie Robinson entered Major League Baseball. ... The last of the four major professional sports in America to welcome an African American player was the National Hockey Association. ...

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Jackie Robinson joined professional baseball in the spring of 1945 with the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro American League. ... In August he met with Branch Rickey, owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, who had been scouring the country to find the first black man in the major leagues. ... Sam Lacy, the AFRO-American's sports editor from 1944 through the present, confirms that while Jackie Robinson was not the most talented black player in the Negro Leagues, he was the best choice for integrating the Major Leagues. ... He was voted the league's Most Valuable Player and led the Dodger...

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When he left the Army, he played for the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro League in 1945. ... Just one year later, he was the first black man to play for any Major League team The main characters of the story are Jackie Robinson and Mallie Robinson. ...

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To being with, Jackie Robinson became the first black Major league baseball player because of his childhood. ... All though, Jackie was very talented in sports and the army he gave all that up to per sure his dream to become a major league baseball player. ...

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One major and important sport would be boxing. ... He played his fist game with the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the color barrier that had existed in major league baseball. ... One major effect on people and there lifestyles was rock and roll, which let people forget about their morals for a while and just let loose to have fun. ... One of the major advancements in medicine occurred in 1952 when there was a breakout disease called polio. ...

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