jackie+robinson+joins+the+dodgers

Jackie Robinson joins the Dodgers
 * Name of Event (1 pt) **

Jackie Robinson started playing for the dodgers between the years of 1947-1956 he retired after the 1956 season. When Robinson first started playing in the professional league during the 1946 years he played for the Montreal royals for one year then was drafted for the Brooklyn dodgers.
 * When/where this event took place (2 pts) **

During the 1947 years when Robinson joined the dodgers he broke the black against whites color line which made the dodgers draft another black, 27 year old player named Dan Bankhand who was the strike out pitcher from the Red Sox.
 * Who was involved? (3 pts) **

what happen during this change of Jackie Robinson joining the dodgers was, all hell broke loose. The whites didn’t really approve of the decision that the general manager, Branch Rickery, did by adding Robinson to the major league rooster. The owners of the major league teams where afraid that people wouldn't come to the games. Althought the manager knew it was going to be hard adding Robinson to the team he saw talent and wanted him.
 * What happened during this event (2-4 sentences) (4 pts) **

The good thing that this event did and brought out on the civil rights act was once the people noticed that the team was doing better with Robinson one the team and noticed that they where winning much more. Although Robinson was black people notices also that it didn’t matter what the skin color was I just mattered how he played.
 * What is the significance of this event on the Civil Rights Movement? (4-5 sentences) (8 pts) **

On a scale from one to ten whit ten being the best I would rate it as 7 because, maybe if Robinson hadn’t have did what he did and joined the team blacks and whites may not have still been able to play as one team and not segregated.
 * On a scale of 1 (low) to 10 (high) how great of an impact do you think this event had on the Civil Rights Movement? (Explain your reasoning in 4-5 sentences) (8 pts) **


 * Three Images (3 pts) **

Jackie Robinson

Jackie Robinsons general manager (Branch Rickey)

The Dodgers during the 1947 time period.


 * Sources (2 pts)

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