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Essay heading: Jackie Robinson: First African American Baseball Player
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(Mitrovich) It was a tough time for Jackie. His dream was that no matter what the skin color was, all people good enough could play Major League Baseball.
In college, Robinson was a four - sports star at UCLA, and some believe baseball was not his best sport?but in recognition of one's achievements as a human being...
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In becoming the first black man to play in the major leagues, Robinson encountered racism in its vilest manifestations?racial taunts and slurs, insults on the playing field and off, character assassination, death threats, and anything else the wicked among us in mid-twentieth century America could throw at him...
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