Thank you Jackie Robinson for bringing the USA into the modern world. His story and what he suffered for all of his, is part of the reasons why I will alawys be a Dodgers fan (although Red Sox first).
Jackie's contract stated that he had to suffer through all of the abuse that would be thrown his way for three years. He then sat in Branch Rickey's office and was called every name in the book. This segmet of Jackie's contract is what was key to his success. There were other Negro Leaguers who were more talented, but Jackie Robinson, an educated, Black man was better suited, not because of his skills which were vast, but because of his honor. He had to maintain this honor, because he represented not just himself, but an entire race of people. His failure would have been the failure of assimilation. After three years, he began to fight back and was therefore dubbed "An uppity Nigger." Jackie was dynamic in the field because he introduced the Negro League style of play into the bigs. Thank you Jackie
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