Jackie Robinson faced many challenge. Were they worth it? Why or why not?
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Jackie Robinson faced many different acts of abuse, whether it was verbal abuse, or someone physically trying to hurt him, but that didn't stop him from playing baseball. To start off his career, he played in the Negro Leagues with the Kansas City Monarchs. Playing in the Negro Leagues with the Monarchs made robinson's schedule very hectic. The team had to travel hundreds of miles a day to get to their next stop, but yet because they were African American, they were turned down by hotels, restaurants, and even restrooms. One time when the team stopped for gas at a gas station, the owner wouldn't let them use the restrooms just because they were black. Jackie Robinson did not take too kindly to that. He then told the man that they wouldn't get their gas from him if they weren't aloud to use the restrooms at that gas station. This persuaded the man to let them use the restrooms.
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On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson, age 28, becomes the first African American player in Major League Baseball when he steps onto Ebbets Field in Brooklyn to compete for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Robinson broke the color barrier in a sport that had been segregated for more than 50 years. Exactly 50 years later, on April 15, 1997, Robinson’s groundbreaking career was honored and his uniform number, 42, was retired from Major League Baseball by Commissioner Bud Selig in a ceremony attended by over 50,000 fans at New York City’s Shea Stadium. Robinson’s was the first-ever number retired by all teams in the league.
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