Jackie Robinson Breaks the Color Line

by Andrew Santella

A biography of the first Black player in modern American major league baseball, emphasizing the prejudice he had to overcome by sheer courage

30 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1996

Reviews

[Jack Cheatle · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Jackie Robinson Breaks the Color Line" by Andrew Santella was about Jackie Robinsons struggles and achievements. When Jackie Robinson was in his teenage years he faced multiple racist problems and he had to overcome them to be able to make the MLB as the first black person. The MLB showed a lot of problems but he had enough guts to not fight back. After his career ended, he helped with the Civil Rights Movement greatly.

I thought that this was a great informational book. I learned a lot about Jackie Robinson and I was very interested by it. This was probably the best non-fiction book I have ever read.

I recommend this book for anyone who wants to learn about the Civil Rights Movements and the struggles that colored people faced. This book is best for people above elementary school.

[OwenT. · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is about a boy that grows up in a small town and then becomes the worlds greatest black baseball player. He was born in Cairo, Georgia on the 31 of January. He was a great athlete his whole childhood and he finally knew that baseball was his sport after collage. He went to UCLA and did football, basketball and track, he was the best athlete on every sport. He was also drafted into World War 2. Jackie's first baseball team was the Kansas City Monarchs which was the best Negro leagues baseball team at the time. After the Major leagues hearing about him and how good he was, he was signed to the Brooklyn Dodgers. All the fans would throw bad comment at him as he played, but he kept playing. As time went on he was greatfully honered to the fans and was one of the best players out there.

I think the main idea is to never let people bring you down. Like when jackie was on the feild he was being tossed around by mean comments from the fans and the opposing side, and sometimes even his own teamates. Even though he was under the stress of bad comments, he didnt let that bring him down and he and his team went on to the world finals against the Yankees, even though they lost, Jackie was greatly appreciated for his work. That is why you should never let people bring you down, and thats just what Jackie Robinson did.

[Pizza_Food :) · Rating 5 out of 5]

DON'T GIVE UP JUST LIKE JACKIE ROBINSON.