Jackie Robinson: Breaking Baseball's Color Barrier

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Jackie Robinson Jackie Robinson is the man that broke the color barrier in baseball! He changed many things in his baseball career like breaking the segregation in baseball. He also did work outside of baseball like when he donated to NAACP. Even when he died he still lives with us in books, memory, and facts. Robinsons dream was achieved when Branch Rickey (president of the Brooklyn Dodgers) chose the young Jackie Robinson to be the first black to play baseball in the MLB for the Dodgers. At first Jackie was confused, scared, and excited but then Jackie thought “ This is revenge for all the times when racism has made it to making fun of African Americans.” So Jackie accepted the request and all of the questions. Robinson did not only

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