Perseverance
By Leah Marty
Jackie Robinson
Facing Adversity
In Jackie Robinson's time there was a lot of segregation. Not just in his town, but mostly everywhere. Although there were many people against it, unfortunately there were many people for it. Jackie Robinson's dream was to play Major League Baseball, but he wasn't allowed to because African Americans couldn't play in the Major League. Jackie Robinson had to persevere through adversity to fight against the rights to allow African Americans to play Major League Baseball.
Overcoming Adversity
Jackie Robinson became a Civil Rights Activist and joined the African-American Cilvil Rights Movement. Jackie Robinson was strongly against segregation and so was most of his community. He worked hard to achieve his dream and with all the time and effort he put into it he was the first African American to play Major League Baseball. Without Jackie Robinson African Americans wouldn't be allowed to play Major League Baseball.
The Road to Fame
Accomplishments-
In 1947 Jackie Robinson signed for the Brooklyn Dodgers and became number 42 and also in the same year he was Rookie of the Year. In 1949 Jackie Robinson was named National League MVP. In 1955 the Brooklyn Dodgers won the World Series. In 1962 Jackie Robinson was Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. He achieved so much and was such an inspiration to his community and to people today, on April 15, 2004 "Jackie Robinson Day" was created. Now every year on that day every player on every team wears number 42.