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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• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 486
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

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...

• Word Count: 542
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Many years before this he had been playing in the Negro leagues. Robinson was one of the best baseball players in the league at his time. He played in the majors for 10 years. ... Robinson played shortstop in the Negro leagues in 1945 and the international league in 1946. ... During his years in the majors he took many racial comments. ...

• Word Count: 1249
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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...

• Word Count: 720
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• Grade Level: High School

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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• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 590
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• Grade Level: High School

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. ... So, Jackie decided to play one season in the Negro Baseball League, and traveled all over the Midwest with the Kansas City Monarchs. ...

• Word Count: 423
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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...

• Word Count: 1150
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• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 314
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• Grade Level: High School

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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• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 900
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School