For a man coming from a poor family of sharecroppers, his beginning, would help him become the first baseball player to break Major League Baseball's color barrier that segregated major league baseball for many decades. ... He broke the colour barrier in baseball by being the first African American to play in white baseball. ...
The walls of race and the barriers from so-calledtraditions? ... It came as a shock to me when I learned that the reason for all of this was because of the color of his skin. ... Hopefully in the very near future we can look past the color of skin. Using something so petty as skin color to separate people is only holding us back. Those who still use skin color as a way to judge a person are living a life of ignorance. ...
No, not a war that took place in the trenches of a battlefield, but a war that took place in the halls of an American high school "a war against color. ... Arkansas was going through a reconstruction period, but barriers were put in front of the reconstruction by many groups such as Mrs. ...
Blacks in the entertainment business broke all color barriers but when they stepped out into the real world, they were the average person out on the street. ... Whites who were in this organization hated people that weren't their skin color. ... Another example of racism and sexism is the book, "The Color Purple" by Toni Morrison. ...
In the end these individuals and a town at large realize that the color of their skin does not make them, their goals, or their lives any different from one another. ... 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. ... On the other side of the color line, the star African-American player, Julius, forced the black players to play their absolute best, despite their feelings toward the white players. ...
It is not at all uncommon today in 21st century America to see sports teams with members of different races and cultures. In fact, one would think it strange to see a team that was not multiracial. As common as interracial athletics is today, things have not always been this way. Obviously, in th...
