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If you see the date 1/1/a year. then it means it happened in that year but the website wasn't letting me put it in the right order so i used January 1st and 2nd to put it in order.
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jack was the youngest of 5 and was born into a poor and not well educated family.
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Mallie (Jack's mom) moves the kids to Los Angeles to get away from her husband and the bad poverty the family was facing because jack's father didn't work and cheated on Mallie. At this point Jack was only 16 months old.
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"Yet for all her sass and strength, Mallie couldn't overcome the crushing poverty that afflicted so many black families in the deep south. Nor could she control her husband, who wouldn't work, wouldn't stay home, and wouldn't confine his loving to one women"(Eig 7)
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jack grew up in a majority white neighborhood where the people were kinda racist and didn't want them there.
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"One exasperated Pepper Street homeowner called the police whenever the Robinson children ran or roller-skated past his house, explaining that his wife was afraid of Negroes,using the polite term of the day. Others drew up a petition to get rid of the new family"(Eig 8).
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In Jacks community they would make sure that black people knew that they were a minority.
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"In Pasadena, a black person never forgot he was part of a minority group and that the group was treated far differently from the majority. Jack saw movies seated in segregated balconies, swam in city-owned pools only on Tuesdays, and gained entry to the local YMCA only one night a week" (Eig 9).
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Jack gets an offer by the Kansas city Monarchs, a negro baseball team, to come and play.
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"Before the Season's end, Robinson got a job offer from the Kansas City Monarchs... The Monarchs were one of the most succesful squads on the Negro Baseball circuit, and their offer of four hundred dollars a month in salary looked much better than any of his other options" (Eig 17)
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Rickey (Brooklyn dodgers head coach) and Jack meet up for the first time in Rickey's office on Montague street in Brooklyn and discuss the oppurtunity Jack might have to play in the Majors
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"Rickey explained that he wanted to start Robinson in the minors, but with the hope that he would quickly receive a promotion to the major leagues" (Eig 27)
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Jack arrives at training camp for the Montreal royals in Sanford ,2 days late, after taking a bus from Jacksonville.
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Quote: "While the rest of the team stayed at the Mayfair hotel in Sanford, the Robinsons were guests of f you were going to explore for candy (only 1 kind), what would it be Mr. and Mrs, David Brock, a well-to-do black couple" (Eig 32).
Quote 2: "Some cities canceled games and padlocked their ballparks rather than allow a black man to play among whites" (Eig 33). -
In Jacks only season with the Montreal Royals he finished with a league leading .349 batting average, 113 runs scored and 40 stolen bases. With his effort the Montreal Royals won the minor league world series.
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In April of 1947 Jack gets called up to the Major leagues. Quote: "the next morning, he had his secretary call Robinson, telling him to come to Brooklyn for a meeting. It was on that morning, April 10, that Robinson got the news he'd been waiting for" (Eig 47)
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In the top section it was taking to long to write out every single small event so im just going to do the big events that show adversity.
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On his first pitch of the game he got a hit that went down the 3rd base line and Robinson experienced racism when he ran to first base and it was clear to everyone that he was safe but the empire called him out and when the Coach asked the umpire how he was out He said because he is a nigger (paraphrased).
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During Jacks game against the Philadelphia Phillies jack experiences a lot of racist remarks being said to him from the Phillies coach while he is playing. Some of the things that the coach of the Phillies said was "black nigga why don't you go back to the cotton fields that you come from" , "hey nigga nigga nigga nigga" and after the pitcher threw a fastball at Robinson's head and the coach yelled out " why don't you leave your hat maybe i will throw some money in it" (Eig 152-156).
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When the dodgers arrived in Philadelphia to their hotel the managers/owners of the hotel wouldn't let the team stay there because they had a nigger on there team (Robinson).
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Against the Pittsburgh pirates the pitcher threw a deliberate pitch that hit Robinson right in the cheek. The pitcher then started screaming that "he doesn't belong here he is a negro" and "this is a white men sport you nigger" (Eig 206).
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In a wild card game against the Pittsburgh pirates, with the pitcher who hit Robinson in the face, Robinson hit a game winning home run to put the Brooklyn dodgers into the world series.
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As a result of everything Jack "Jackie" Robinson went on to win rookie of the year, broke the color barrier in america's favorite pastime and eventually went on to play in 6 world series with the Brooklyn dodgers and finally won one in 1955. he was also entered into the baseball hall of fame in 1962. Also he was so respected and such a huge part of baseball that they retired the number 42 (so no players can wear it to honor him).
