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A Legend in His Own Time
Jackie Robinson made history on April fifteenth, nineteen forty-seven. That day, he became the first Black American to play Major League Baseball in the twentieth century.
He was brave to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Lots of White fans and even players wanted baseball to remain all-White. But Robinson promised Dodgers’ president Branch Rickey that he wouldn’t react to any attacks, physical or verbal. Sadly, there were plenty of attacks.
