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VERY IMPORTANT
If you see the date 1/1/a year. then it means it happened in that year but the website wasn't letting me put it in the right order so i used January 1st and 2nd to put it in order. -
Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born
jack was the youngest of 5 and was born into a poor and not well educated family. -
The family moves.
Mallie (Jack's mom) moves the kids to Los Angeles to get away from her husband and the bad poverty the family was facing because jack's father didn't work and cheated on Mallie. At this point Jack was only 16 months old. -
Quote to support 1920 statement
"Yet for all her sass and strength, Mallie couldn't overcome the crushing poverty that afflicted so many black families in the deep south. Nor could she control her husband, who wouldn't work, wouldn't stay home, and wouldn't confine his loving to one women"(Eig 7) -
Jacks childhood Neighboorhood
jack grew up in a majority white neighborhood where the people were kinda racist and didn't want them there. -
Quote to support 1930 statement
"One exasperated Pepper Street homeowner called the police whenever the Robinson children ran or roller-skated past his house, explaining that his wife was afraid of Negroes,using the polite term of the day. Others drew up a petition to get rid of the new family"(Eig 8). -
Jacks community shows Racism through segregation
In Jacks community they would make sure that black people knew that they were a minority. -
Quote
"In Pasadena, a black person never forgot he was part of a minority group and that the group was treated far differently from the majority. Jack saw movies seated in segregated balconies, swam in city-owned pools only on Tuesdays, and gained entry to the local YMCA only one night a week" (Eig 9). -
Jack goes to Kansas City
Jack gets an offer by the Kansas city Monarchs, a negro baseball team, to come and play. -
Quote supporting 1944 event
"Before the Season's end, Robinson got a job offer from the Kansas City Monarchs... The Monarchs were one of the most succesful squads on the Negro Baseball circuit, and their offer of four hundred dollars a month in salary looked much better than any of his other options" (Eig 17) -
Rickey and Jack meet for the first time
Rickey (Brooklyn dodgers head coach) and Jack meet up for the first time in Rickey's office on Montague street in Brooklyn and discuss the oppurtunity Jack might have to play in the Majors -
Quote supporting 1945 event
"Rickey explained that he wanted to start Robinson in the minors, but with the hope that he would quickly receive a promotion to the major leagues" (Eig 27) -
Jack arrives at traning camp
Jack arrives at training camp for the Montreal royals in Sanford ,2 days late, after taking a bus from Jacksonville. -
Robinson faces racist white people during traning
Quote: "While the rest of the team stayed at the Mayfair hotel in Sanford, the Robinsons were guests of f you were going to explore for candy (only 1 kind), what would it be Mr. and Mrs, David Brock, a well-to-do black couple" (Eig 32).
Quote 2: "Some cities canceled games and padlocked their ballparks rather than allow a black man to play among whites" (Eig 33). -
Jack's season with the Royals
In Jacks only season with the Montreal Royals he finished with a league leading .349 batting average, 113 runs scored and 40 stolen bases. With his effort the Montreal Royals won the minor league world series. -
Jacks big day
In April of 1947 Jack gets called up to the Major leagues. Quote: "the next morning, he had his secretary call Robinson, telling him to come to Brooklyn for a meeting. It was on that morning, April 10, that Robinson got the news he'd been waiting for" (Eig 47) -
VERY IMPORTANT
In the top section it was taking to long to write out every single small event so im just going to do the big events that show adversity. -
Opening day
On his first pitch of the game he got a hit that went down the 3rd base line and Robinson experienced racism when he ran to first base and it was clear to everyone that he was safe but the empire called him out and when the Coach asked the umpire how he was out He said because he is a nigger (paraphrased). -
The games against the Phillies.
During Jacks game against the Philadelphia Phillies jack experiences a lot of racist remarks being said to him from the Phillies coach while he is playing. Some of the things that the coach of the Phillies said was "black nigga why don't you go back to the cotton fields that you come from" , "hey nigga nigga nigga nigga" and after the pitcher threw a fastball at Robinson's head and the coach yelled out " why don't you leave your hat maybe i will throw some money in it" (Eig 152-156). -
Ben Franklin Hotel
When the dodgers arrived in Philadelphia to their hotel the managers/owners of the hotel wouldn't let the team stay there because they had a nigger on there team (Robinson). -
Against the pittsburg pirates
Against the Pittsburgh pirates the pitcher threw a deliberate pitch that hit Robinson right in the cheek. The pitcher then started screaming that "he doesn't belong here he is a negro" and "this is a white men sport you nigger" (Eig 206). -
World Series bound!!!
In a wild card game against the Pittsburgh pirates, with the pitcher who hit Robinson in the face, Robinson hit a game winning home run to put the Brooklyn dodgers into the world series. -
Results!!
As a result of everything Jack "Jackie" Robinson went on to win rookie of the year, broke the color barrier in america's favorite pastime and eventually went on to play in 6 world series with the Brooklyn dodgers and finally won one in 1955. he was also entered into the baseball hall of fame in 1962. Also he was so respected and such a huge part of baseball that they retired the number 42 (so no players can wear it to honor him).
