Jackie Robinson Research Paper

Morally Ending Racism “A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.” -Jackie Robinson. Jackie Robinson learned to have a heart strong enough to impact other lives while playing baseball. Jackie was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball. He was hated for being black, yet through all the hate he was still a beacon of light towards civil rights in America. Along with Jackie, Branch Rickey was the reason for integration into Major League Baseball, he helped show God’s light to all of the people in America to help civil rights move forward. Federick Douglass was also a civil rights activist who showed God’s light through his work to end slavery. All of these people obeyed God's royal law by loving their …show more content…
He joined the MLB in the 1940’s when he signed an African American, Jackie Robinson, to the Brooklyn Dodgers. His work for civil rights helped America move forward from where we were. He obeyed God’s royal law by not letting racism get in the way of him integrating Major League Baseball, and showing everyone else God’s light, and how to live in a biblical manner according to God’s law. Jackie Robinson was a beacon of light and hope for black people in a time of very harsh racism and segregation towards black people.He was the first African American to play in the MLB. He showed God’s light by loving other people by putting aside their race, he also “was strong enough not to fight back” showing others how to obey God’s royal law. Robinson was constantly cleated while playing, and pitchers would hit him purposely just because of his race. Besides all of that, he would never complain about being brutally discriminated against, but he would just continue to play his game. He gave hope to black people by becoming one of the best players in the MLB during his time, he won rookie of the year and by winning the MVP. He showed blacks that they could do what they wanted to do, even though they were …show more content…
Jackie Robinson learned to have a heart strong enough to impact other lives while playing baseball. Jackie was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball. He was hated for being black, yet through all the hate he was still a beacon of light towards civil rights in America. Along with Jackie, Branch Rickey was the reason for integration into Major League Baseball, he helped show God’s light to all of the people in America to help civil rights move forward. Federick Douglass was also a civil rights activist who showed God’s light through his work to end slavery. All of these people obeyed God's royal law by loving their neighbors as themselves, no matter what their race was. Federick Douglass, Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson were always beacons of light in the Civil Rights Movement by showing God’s love to others while putting race aside. Federick Douglass was born a slave but ended up being one the most respected abolitionists and one of the most successful civil rights activists. As a slave, he was not allowed to learn to read or write. “Federick realized that there was a connection between literacy and freedom”, so he learned to read and write on the streets of Maryland with the help of other kids. While he was in Maryland, he met a girl named Anna Murray, who helped him escape and get to New York City. After his escape, he began to go to

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