In the first source “Jackie Robinson-Mini Bio” it had showed a video of how Jackie Robinson in a couple of ways broke the color barrier in baseball and after he retired marched in civil rights rallies. He went from playing in the Negro Leagues to the Major Leagues which many people looked up to ESPECIALLY due to him being the first African American to make it that far. It explained how he had to sleep in a different hotel, eat at different places than the rest of his teammates which also in ways of racism despised him for his color. He had to sign a contract saying when people threaten and throw stuff at him he would just have to handle it and the fact that he wasn’t able to sleep in the same hotel or do the same as the rest of the team. He accomplished the rookie of the year award and MVP award all in the same year and helped the Dodgers win world series’. Jackie died doing what he had believed in and because of what he believed in he was murdered.…show more content… He would keep his dignity and head held high and play his best and above. “He chose to bear the daily bloody trial of standing up to beanballs and cleats launched into his shins, chest, and chin, and the race-baiting taunts raining down from the stands along with trash, tomatoes, rocks, watermelon slices, and sambo dolls.” This explains the bit of torture he would
