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media type="youtube" key="pnDp45PfOC0" height="344" width="425" Jackie Robinson by mikey Jackie Robinson was a big factor in sports. He broke the color barrier in The MLB. He did many things that helped African American baseball players become part of Major League Baseball.

Jackie helped many people because they could have terrible jobs, unless some one else broke the barrier like him. Most great African American baseball players wouldn’t have been a part of the MLB. Or they only may have come to the MLB later on. It really made it fair for other black people.

Jackie did this because he wanted to be in the MLB but also he did it because he wanted to support equal rights for black people. He showed his determination when the crowd was calling names and booing. He kept playing baseball instead of giving up.

In 1947 Jackie won awards for his baseball talent. Baseball fans stopped calling him names and booing him. They started cheering for him. He earned respect by playing hard and well. They figured that if he was talented and he was just helping the team, then what’s point of rooting against him. With out Jackie Robinson there may not be as many black people in the MLB. He helped many African Americans gain respect and enter professional baseball.

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