Overcoming it all

I just read an article about Jackie Robinson on the official Jackie Robinson website. Jackie Robinson overcame racism and segregation, when Jackie was born he was the only white kid on the block so he was constantly picked on. Despite this he was a great athlete and in his high school career he lettered in 4 sports. From high school Jackie went to collage but was forced to drop out because he couldn’t afford it. After that he joined a “negro baseball league”. He got his big break in 1947 when “Brooklyn Dodgers president Branch Rickey approached Jackie about joining the Brooklyn Dodgers”. At the time Jackie Robinson joined the team segregation was at its peak. Jackie overcame segregation and racism in a professional sport which motivated other African Americans to speak up eventually ended segregation altogether.

To read this article go to http://www.jackierobinson.com/about/bio.html