About Jackie Robinson's life: Jackie Robinson, born January 31, 1919 in Cairo, Georgia. He grew up on Pepper Street, Pasa Dena. Jackie lived and went to college in California and played football for U.C.L.A. He was named to the All-American football team in 1941. While he was in college he played Baseball, Basketball, Football and Track and was the first athelete in town to earn varsity letters in four sports. In 1939 before Jackie was a baseball player he was a messanger at Warner Brothers Studios. Later after becoming a baseball star he made a movie on his childhood and was the first actual player to have movie about them with them in it. The movie about his life was produced by Warner Brothers Studios. This Baseball legend and strong supporter of the Civil Rights Movement passed away on October 24, 1972.

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The Beggining of Jackie Robinson's Career: In 1945 Jackie Robinson played one season in the Negro version of the MLB. Then in 1947 on April 15 the president for the Brooklyn Dodgers Branch Rickley asked Jackie to join the them. After the other teams saw Jackie play they were convinced to integrate their teams, sparking integration throughout baseball.

Jackie's Involvment with the Civil Rights Movement: On September 18, 1957, Jackie Robinson Americans Baseball hero accused Preident Dwight D. Eisenhower for failing to spur integration! He urged African Americans to "do anything short of violence to acheive their rights".  Jackie wanted the Civil Rights supporters to be just like MLK: no violence was key in in this movement. Jackie Robinson had integrated baseball without violence and that was a good start for the integration of sports.

Who helped Jackie Robinson get his career, and who was the man that integrated baseball? Branch Rickly was the name, recruting players was the game. He is man that gave Jackie his career and was the man, the only man that thought about integrating baseball.( But mostly beating the New York Yankee's). Branch Rickly was the man that integrated baseball. He gave Jackie his baseball career.

  Jackie is signing his contract to the Dodgers.

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Tej's position in the Confederate Battle Flag is that it supports racism and will remind people of how their loved ones died. Gray's opinion is that the flag looks cool and should be on our state flag. but he does not beleive in racism or slavery he thinks "what kind of sicko wants slavery." That was a quote by gray. the Georgia state flag was changed in 1956 because a man suggested that they incorperate the Confederate flag with the state flag. Our Flag(it's really Grays flag i didn't want to use it but make a new one) but it supports Racism and the govurnment would really like to change it.