Baseball is an all-American past time sport but what some don't know is when baseball first was invented in 1839 by a man name Abner Doubleday it was not designed to be segregated. It wasn't always called baseball, the original name was "Townball" the word baseball originated in England five years before the game was invented. It was in the alphabet book next to the letter "B", the first baseball club was organized in 1842 by a man named Alexander Cartwright. ... At that moment segregation was beginning to end in the sports of Baseball and American citizens wer...

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Racial Integration American history cannot be studied without focusing on the civil rights movement in the 1900's. ... In 1944 Robinson left the Army and began his Negro League baseball career with the Kansas City Monarchs ("Baseball and Jackie Robinson"). ... These two writers helped to push baseball integration by sending letters, telegrams, and making phone calls to important baseball figures. ... Tygiel tells us that in one game the appearance of Paige caused "one of the worst jams in the history of Comiskey Park" (p.232). ... Jackie's great success on and off the field ma...

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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. ... While attending there he won letters in football, baseball, basketball, and track. ... 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. ... While under all this pressure Jackie still focused on baseball and showed everyone that he was a great baseball player: " Baseball was just part of my life. ... Robin...

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The best baseball player that ever lived is Jackie Robinson. This is because not only was Jackie an amazing baseball player, he also changed the path of baseball and many other sports. ... Although Jackie was an amazing baseball player it wasn't his athletic ability that changed the course of baseball forever. ... For the first time in history, black players were being openly defended. ... Jackie started a trend that altered the path for sports as well as society and that is why he is the best baseball player in history. ...

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Introduction Jackie Robinson made history when he was the 1st ever black baseball player in 1947 when playing for the Dodgers, but why would Branch Rickey the friend of the Dodger choose Jackie. ... The proceeding information will explain his biographic account, early career great work and lasting impact on history. ... Robinson was a star football, baseball, basketball player and in track also he was the regions most valuable player for baseball in 1938. ... Another great achievement was for his baseball awards for his baseball works. ... With Jackie help he will be in history forever....

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Track and field, and baseball will be my two major focuses for my paper. I hope to give a better understanding about the important role that black athletes played on breaking down racial barriers and changing American history....

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Prejudice is one of the darkest chapter in American history and prejudice is also one of the darkest chapters in American sports history as well. 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. ... Today, some of the most significant records in all of baseball are held by African-Americans. ... The fact that this team was the only integrated football team, and that they were the only undefeated team, not to mention the only champ...

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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. ... In 1947, an important time in history occurred. Jackie Robinson was drafted by the coach of the Brooklyn Dodger, a team part of white baseball, and helped integrate black and white baseball together. He broke the colour barrier in baseball by being the first African American to play in white baseball. ... Due to all of his great success in 1962, Jackie Robinson was...

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Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey are forever linked in American history. ... While Branch Rickey's motives are still unclear, history has proven that his "great experiment- to integrate baseball, ultimately had less to do with baseball and more to do with challenging deep seated attitudes about race. ... He entered the history books on April 15 as the Dodgers opened the 1947 season against the Boston Braves at Ebbets Field. ... In 1962, Jackie Robinson was voted to the Baseball's Hall of Fame at Cooperstown. ... That he conquered all of this is one of the most courageous stor...

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The year of 1947 was arguably the most pivotal in the history of major league baseball. Baseball historian William Marshall referred to it as the "season of fury," while Red Barber called it the "year all hell broke loose in baseball." ... Although Rickey's "great experiment" sparked protests from other players, it also paved the way for the integration of baseball and other sports.... By the time the controversy had settled, however, several myths about white southern baseball players had become part of baseball lore. ... Why has history singled out Dixie Walker as the embodiment of the ...

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He set many records in track, baseball, and football. ... He played track, baseball, basketball, and football. ... Branch Rickey was the baseball coach at Ohio Wesleyan. ... It was a crucial event in the history of the American rights moment, the importance of which went far beyond the insuler world of baseball(Dorinson 132). ... He changed the history of baseball and the rest of life. ...

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He became the first athlete in history at UCLA to get letters from four different sports in one year. ... In 1957, he retired from baseball. After living under racial prejudice his whole life he felt he had helped improve conditions for blacks in baseball. ... In 1962, he was named to baseball's Hall of Fame. ... Blacks played in pro baseball, pro football and pro basketball. ...

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For example, I myself am a baseball player. ... All one has to do is examine the chronology of the 20th century in America's history to note the interrelationship between athletic heroes and the influence they have had on the masses. ... "[Dempsey] is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of modern boxing and has gone down in history as one of the toughest men ever to enter the ring" (www.cmgww.com/sports/dempsey/dempsey.html). A few decades later, on April 15, 1947, the first black baseball player set foot on a major league baseball field; his name was Jackie Robinson. ... S...

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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. ... Robinson was a standout in football, baseball, basketball and track (26). ... After leaving the Army, Robinson wanted to play his favorite sport, baseball. ... y for his baseball talent but the way he handled himself when criticized (James 99). ... With honor he accepted the challenge, and in 1946 entered "organized baseball- (128). ...

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Baseball had the Major League and the Negro League. ... To better understand race and sports, one must first look at the history of race and sports, key figures of race and sports, and currents issues that deal with race and sports. ... Robinson was an exceptional baseball player. He was good enough that he earned a college scholarship to play baseball at Pasadena Junior College. ... Another professional color barrier was broken the same year that Jackie Robinson entered Major League Baseball. ...

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When Jackie got a little bit older in 1939, Jackie starred on the football, baseball, basketball and track team at UCLA. ... I would recommend this book to a friend because you might think you know enough about black history. ...

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