Hard Life: Jackie Robinson

I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me… All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.” (BrainyQuote, pg.1) Jackie Robinson was a man who lived a hard life young and old. Jackie got threats because of the color of his skin. He then got married, and he and his wife made a civil right movement to stop racism. Jackie started out only on a Negro League then went to Major Leagues. He soon retired and began business. Jackie Robinson help with the civil rights movement, broke the color barrier, faced rude threats without fighting back, and helped other blacks be accepted into the Major Leagues. Jackie Roosevelt Robinson was born on January 31, 1919 in Cairo, Georgia. President Theodore Roosevelt died 25 days before jackie was

He was the second lieutenant in 1943 for the United States Army, but he had to do things to get there. Robinson was assigned to a segregated Army Cavalry in Fort Riley, Kansas. He met Joe Lewis a boxing champion and became friends with because of that he gave Robinson a spot as the lieutenant. He went to Fort Hood, Texas boot camp and was in 761st Tank Battalion. There was only black soldiers in the battle of Battalion. In 1944 Robinson did not sit in the back of a segregated bus and got sent to prison. He was the assigned to Camp Breckinridge. He went to court and got honorably released. Jackie Robinson started believing in God and went to United Methodist

He was the executive for Chock Full O’ Nuts and also talked for NAACP. He met Martin Luther King Jr. doing business. In 1972 the Dodgers retired Robinson’s number 42. No player on that team could wear his number on that team. Back in 2009 Robinson’s number was retired from the entire MLB players, coaches, and umpires. Now on April 15th people celebrate Jackie Robinson Day and wear number 42. In 1962 Robinson was the 1st African American in baseball Hall of Fame because he was the first black and fought hard. He won Presidential Medal of Freedom in