Jackie Robinson

it includes 8 adjectives that describe my person (by me)

I chose Jackie Robinson for this project because you are supposed to chose someone that is a hero to you and I think that Jackie is an appropriate person for this because he is a civil rights activist. My book is an autobiography. There are 320 pages in my book. This book was published on October 28 1972. Three interesting facts about the author, one, he had three brothers and one sister; two, he used to be in a local gang called the Pepper Street Gang until two men talked him out of it. One of the men was a mechanic and the other a young minister. They did not scold him. Three, his brother Frank won second place in 1936 in the Olympics in Berlin. The span of years in this book is about 42 years.

it is a portriat of Jackie Robinson (i drew it (Danny))

Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia. Although he was born in a different place, he grew up in Pasadena, California. His father left him when he was a year old. He had five siblings - Jerry, Mallie, Edgar, Frank and Matthew -  and his mother Willa Mae. He went to John Miur High school. When Jackie was in high school he was really into football. When Jackie was young, he was part of a local gang where they would steal small things from convenience stores. They would also steal food items, such as fruit. He stayed in this gang until a young man talked him out of it. His name was Carl Anderson. Carl Anderson did by talking him out of the local gang. The book didn't really tell about any dreams that he had. No he didn't really think about what he was going to become when he was growing up. Yeah there was one thing that would foreshadow what he would become later because he was really into sports when he was younger and he became a baseball player.

it is an action picture of him (i drew it (Danny))

Well first of all he was the first black player to play in the national leagues of baseball and he was black in the 1920's so those are two really big challenges.The only reason Branch Rickey chose Jackie is because he was strong enough to not lash out when people were discriminating against him. Probably when he was in his first season with the Dodgers and they made it to the finals because of his home run. Well it gave the respect and the confidence for him to keep playing baseball. One would obviously be his sports skills like when he broke two local records in one day; two, would have to be his strength against racial discrimination like when he didn't throw out when the the crowds used to shout horrible things at him; and three would have to be all the great things that he did when he was in the military like when he stood up to a general for being racist. He had a temper although he was really good at controlling it, it made things difficult because he had to hide it almost all the time. When he was still a teen his brother Frank died in a car accident. He got put into the baseball hall of fame.

I liked when I learned about his kids and how he raised them that pleased me. The first question that I would ask is how you managed to contain all your anger when, for example he came out of the dugout, number two would have to be what was one of the reasons that you chose to be in the military and three what got you into sports so much. I wouldn't want to be this person's child because of all the fame that you would have and on top of that being black in the 1920's. The book was good, i didn't love it and i didn't hate it just could have been better written. I learned how hard it was to be black in that time with all the racial discrimination. i also learned how athletic Jackie was. Well when he broke the color barrier he affected a lot of the racism that was going around then so that helped the future of blacks and that affects me today. It all depends on what type of people you like to read about like if you want to read about George Washington then you probably will not like reading my book but if you like reading about Martin Luther King Jr, then you probably would like this book. Yes I am happy that I chose this person because I find it interesting to read about people like Jackie. Yes I would because it helped a lot on racial discrimination and that's a great person to have as a role model.