Jackie Robison

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Fifty years ago Jackie Robinson changed everything by becoming the very first African American to join Major League

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Jackie Robinson was a strong, resilient, and extremely athletic person and he displayed these traits throughout his baseball career. Jackie Robinson was selected for the Brooklyn Dodgers because of his athleticism and competitive spirit. "It kills me to lose. If I'm a troublemaker, and I don't think that my temper makes me one, then it's because I can't stand losing. That's the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first"(BrainyQuote. Xplore, n.d. Web. 15 May 2015). Jackie Robinson was the first African American MLB player because he was so athletic and he had a strong desire to win without showing himself in a negative way. He was always anticipating the ball and wanting to be the fastest. He knew what his next move was all the time and he was so courageous and confident in himself. Jackie was robust and he accomplished a lot on the Dodgers in addition he received many awards. "A talented player, Robinson won the National League Rookie of the Year award his first season, and helped the Dodgers to the National League championship - the first of his six trips to the World Series. In 1949 Robinson won the league MVP award, and he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962."("Jackie Robinson." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 15 May 2015). Jackie Robinson was very vigorous and he was a fantastic baseball player. He won several awards throughout his baseball career including Rookie of the Year and the MVP award while on the Dodgers. Jackie worked extremely hard for those awards and he deserved every one of them for all he's accomplished. Jackie Robinson was a natural at baseball and many other sports but his calm temper made him an ideal player for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

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Jackie Robinson's calm and relaxed temper allowed him to become the very first African American to join a major league baseball team. Jackie Robinson was devoted to making a difference for African Americans and many other races. "A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives."(BrainyQuote. Xplore, n.d. Web. 15 May 2015). He wanted to leave this world making a difference for people, not just for himself. Robinson wanted to be remembered for everything he has done and everything he has worked so hard for. He was determined to change the way people thought about diversity and equality.When Jackie joined the Dodgers he made a deal with the executive, Branch Rickey. "During his first two years with the Dodgers, Robinson kept his word to Rickey and endured astonishing abuse amid national scrutiny without fighting back. His dignified courage in the face of virulent racism-from jeers and insults to beanballs, hate mail, and death threats-commanded the admiration of whites as well as blacks and foreshadowed the tactics that the 1960s civil rights movement would develop into the theory and practice of nonviolence"("Jackie Robinson." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 15 May 2015). Jackie was exuberantly tolerant for for all the rude and racist comments that were thrown at him on a daily basis. No matter what he anyone said never fought back. Even when people physically attacked him he just stayed calm the entire time. One of the things that Jackie is most famous for was his ability to maintain his calm and relaxed temper throughout his career.

Jackie Robinson was a prodigious athlete and had a notably calm and relaxed personality. Jackie Robinson has been a paramount from the very beginning of his life. He has accomplished so many noble things and has stayed humble the entire time. I aspire to be as pastoral as him. Even through all his hardships of being insulted and mentally and physically abused he was still the cheerful and positive Jackie Robinson. Jackie Robinson was such an inspiration because all he asked for was to be respected for his skills and efforts to make a difference. He changed so many African American athletes lives and now anyone with the skills can join the major leagues no matter what race or religion. He desperately wanted to make a change for African American people and he definitely accomplished what he set his mind to. Overall, Jackie Robinson changed American culture forever by showing the world that everyone is equal, no matter what skin color, race, or how different you look compared to everyone else. If you put your mind to something, no one can get in your way no matter what.

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"Jackie Robinson." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 15 May 2015.