The Greatest Impacts Of Jackie Robinson

Jackie Robinson Essay Jackie Robinson has made one of the biggest impacts on the game of baseball to date. Jackie was born in Cairo, Georgia on January 31, 1919. He was born to Mallie and Jerry Robinson and was the fifth child and the fourth son. Jackie’s father ran out on his family in hopes of a better life when Jackie was only one years old. After his father left, they moved to an all white suburb. At that time most neighborhoods were segregated, so his neighbors made a petition to relocate his family which fortunately did not work. Jackie was raised by a single mother and in poverty. When Jackie was about fourteen years old, he was part of a street gang. One of the people on his street told him that if he would keep hanging out with

Jackie lived to play ball, he was so focused on being the best that he can be in the sport of baseball, that he managed to overcome many obstacles to becoming the best at that game. Jackie Robinson never let anyone get in his way. Jackie never let any racist remarks get to him even when he was segregated many times at different hotels on the road or at spring training florida he always rose above it. Not having a father figure in his life, living in poverty and pulling himself out of that gave Jackie Robinson his drive in life. Whatever obstacles were in his way Jackie Robinson overcame them all

One of his biggest accomplishments was breaking the color barrier. Another one of his accomplishment was going to college when black people were not allowed. “During boot camp at Fort Hood, Texas, Robinson was arrested and court-martialed in 1944 for refusing to give up his seat and move to the back of a segregated bus” (biography.com). This shows that he had guts because Jackie did what he thought was right and sat on the bus even though he knew he would get punished. There are so many tremendous achievements he has made and all people should be thankful he paved the path for the rest of the black community. Before he became part of the MLB it was unheard of for a black man to be in the MLB, but he did not care about that. He did not care that everyone hated him just because he was black, he still tried his best to get into the MLB and he accomplished his