Jackie Robinson-His contributi
Jackie Robinson: His Contribution to Sports There was once a time when Goliath white men roamed the earth. They had names similar to Boog, Harmon, and Moose (Richmond 184). They wandered throughout the empty countryside carrying wooden sticks, smacking harsh fastballs delivered by pitchers with names like Whitey and Don and Bob. Peter Richmond writes, "They lived for one thing and one thing alone: to swat mighty homeruns that would make us roar in delight. They were the stars of the favorite game in the land." In the meantime, the grass turned into plastic and a new group of sluggers swiped through the artificial turf. Then catastrophe struck the game of baseball. Greed, complacency, and unions took the sport into a Dark Age, and the people began to lose interest. As other sports transcended baseball's popularity, the once national pastime started to become extinct. Then, the game discovered a new way to survive: "by adapting, and by promoting and embracing and marketing its multiethnic heritage" (Richmond 184). A legendary hero, Jack Roosevelt Robinson, was born. Robinson is a pioneer of modern society - he set a personal standard for determination and in doing so raised the power of African- American athletes, thereby transf
Today with the supremacy of black players in professional sports, it seems incomprehensible that just under fifty years ago, not only were black athletes absent in all mainstream sporting arenas, but their playing was simply not an option and even illegal in some states (AFRO- America). By 1941, Robinson left UCLA to take a paying job at the National Youth Administration. His mother became the heart of the Robinson household. Aaron avowed, "Around them he just made everyone a better person. At age twenty-two, Woods became the youngest winner ever, scoring a record low 270, winning by the widest margin in tournament history (S. In addition, a five-mile section of the parkway leading from Brooklyn to Shea Stadium in Queens was named "Jackie Robinson Parkway" (CNN Interactive). The Dodgers of the Robinson era was one of the most successful and exciting teams in National League history (Purvis 2). However, they knew that their team and the fans were a part of a "significant sociological episode that would have repercussions in many spheres in social life" (AFRO - America).
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