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jackie robinson
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The clouds move and the sun shines down on to the fans that are sweating and watching anxiously as Jackie Robinson steps on the field for the last time. The grass folds under the footsteps of a champion. Those same steps stole numerous bases at the height of his career and now they are feeble and ache from years of playing. Fans stare as they see Jackie step up to the mound and take the ball for the last time in his well-worn hands that have been hardened by swing after swing of the bat. The onlookers still watch as the ball eaves his hands on its way to the catcher. When the ball collides with the glove they remember a young man from Georgia who stoop up against segregation and racism and changed the way we live. Jackie Robinson influenced the modern day Black society by breaking the laws of segregation and becoming one of America’s greatest baseball heroes. Jack Roosevelt Robinson was a fighter from the day he was born on January 31, 1919. His parents made a living as sharecroppers in the small town of Cairo, Georgia housing five children under one roof. After his father’s death in 1920 Mrs. Robinson, a strong and proud woman, packed up the family and moved to Pasadena, California were they would start their new lives.
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