Jackie Robinson

 By Eli R.

In this presentation I am going to tell you all about the famous Jackie Robinson, most of you probably know about how he is a very good baseball player, but that is not the only reason he is so well known today, he was also a person that inspired lots of black people all over the world to do things that they did not think could be done. I hope you enjoy this presentation on Jackie Robinson. 

First, I am going to tell you about Jackie Robinsons birth and childhood. Jackie Robinson was born on January 31, 1919, in Cario Georgia. Jackie was the youngest of 5 siblings he had 3 brothers and two sisters his brothers were Mack, Edgar and frank and his sisters were Willa, and Mae. He moved to California and was not liked by the Neibers because he was black, eventually they excepted him and his family as part of the Neiborhood, he went to school and was good at all sports. 

Second, I will tell you about Jackie Robinsons career. One thing most people don’t know about Jackie is he was a solder he was drafted for war and was a second lieutenant. One good thing about the war was one of his fellow soldiers told him about a Negro baseball league that payed well after the war he went to play there. One day in the league Branch Rickey the dodger's manager said he wanted to draft Jackie for a new negro league it turned out Branch Ricky wanted to draft him for the dodgers knowing people would be mad he put Jackie in little league first and if Jackie was good enough, he could play on the dodgers. Eventually he made it on the dodgers people were very mad about this they did all sorts a mean things but if Jackie talked back, it would look bad for all black people, he was number 42. 

Lastly, I will tell you about Jackie's death and accomplishments. Accomplishments: Jackie Robinson had many accomplishments first of all he was the first black major league player second, he was the first black baseball player to make it to the hall of fame he also inspired people all around the world to try to accomplish their goals. Jackie died at age 53 in a Stanford hospital, he had a heart attack. 

Conclusion 

In conclusion I hope you learned something from this presentation, I definitely did I chose Jackie Robinson because he was someone to follow for many black people around the world.  

 Sources 

Who was Jackie Robinson by Gail Herman 

New York times obituary 

Wikipedia