Jackie Robinson Breaks

the Professional Sports

Color Barrier

Joshua Leonard, Garret ohta

Senior Division
Website Project
 Annotated Bibliography
Primary Sources

Borelli, Matt, et al. “This Day In Dodgers History: Jackie Robinson Steals Home In Game 1 Of
1955 World Series.” ​Dodger Blue,​ 8 Nov. 2019,
dodgerblue.com/this-day-in-dodgers-history-jackie-robinson-steals-home-plate-game-1-y
ogi-berra-1955-world-series/.

This picture shows Robinson stealing base which he was well known for. Many fans
enjoyed watching Robinson steal bases, which helped him become accepted by the
baseball community.

“By Popular Demand: Jackie Robinson and Other Baseball Highlights, 1860s-1960s.” ​Library of
Congress,​ ​www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/connections/baseball-highlights/​.

This picture shows Robinson in the dugout with fellow white teammates. This shows how
Robinson was accepted by the team and how they supported him to become successful. I
used this to show that Robinson was getting along with his teammates.

Goldman, Jeremy. “17 Powerful Jackie Robinson Quotes on Life, Success, and Equality.”
Inc.com,​ Inc., 15 Apr. 2018,
www.inc.com/jeremy-goldman/17-powerful-jackie-robinson-quotes-on-life-success-equa
lity.html​.

This quote by Robinson shows how he felt that Blacks deserved the same rights as
whites. He felt that Blacks have suffered for a long time and deserve to be treated better. I
used this to show Robinson’s social views.

"Jackie Robinson Speaks to Reporters during Civil Rights Demonstrations." ​American History​,
ABC-CLIO, 2019, americanhistory.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/2192607. Accessed 17
Sept. 2019.
This image shows Jackie Robinson in Birmingham, Alabama on May14, 1963 talking to
a reporter. He is there showing support for the civil rights demonstrations. I used this
image to show the political effects of Robinson.

Levingston, Steven. “Before Trump vs. the NFL, There Was Jackie Robinson vs. JFK.” ​The
Washington Post​, WP Company, 1 Apr. 2019,
www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/09/24/before-trump-vs-the-nfl-there-
was-jackie-robinson-vs-jfk/​.

This picture shows Robinson participating in a protest to help benefit black students. I
used this to show political effects of Robinson.
“PLAY HERE.” ​Burns on Jackie Robinson: 'He Made a Huge Difference',​
www.panhandlepbs.org/blogs/play-here/burns-on-jackie-robinson-he-made-a-huge-differ
ence/​.

This picture shows Robinson stealing bases which is what made him so significant on the
field. I used this to show how Robinson played while he was in his prime.

“The Official Licensing Website of Jackie Robinson.” ​Jackie Robinson​,

www.jackierobinson.com/​.

This image shows Robinson swinging the bat as he had one of the best batting ratios of
his time. I used this to show how Robinson played while he was in his prime.

Basically, Robinson is saying that no citizen is actually free. Everyone is free only if the
country as a whole is United. I used this quote in order to show Robinson’s social views.

Secondary Sources

BlackPast. “Negro Baseball Leagues (1920-1950).” ​BlackPast​, 2 Feb. 2019,

www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/negro-baseball-leagues-1920-1950/​.
This source gave information about the Negro Baseball Leagues which is where blacks
played instead of the MLB. I used this information to show what baseball was like for
blacks before Jackie Robinson broke the barrier.

“Jackie Robinson: A Legacy of Activism.” ​The American Prospect​,

https://prospect.org/article/jackie-robinson-legacy-activism​.
This source talked about Jackie Robinson’s life before and after his MLB career. I used
the information about his political views on civil rights and what he did to try and change
how blacks were treated in sports and society

“Jackie Robinson Breaks Major League Color Barrier.” ​History.com,​ A&E Television Networks,
16 Nov. 2009,
www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jackie-robinson-breaks-major-league-color-barrier​.

This Source gave us some background information on Jackie Robinson and his time in
the MLB and how he got to the MLB.
Milbert, Neil. "Robinson, Jackie."​ World Book Student,​ World Book, 2019,
www.worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/article/home/ar471880. Accessed 23 Aug.
2019.
This source gave me a summary of Jackie Robinson’s early life and his success in the
MLB. I used this information to give background context about Robinson’s life.

Research Description

Our entry is about the barriers that Jackie Robinson broke by playing in

the MLB. In 1946, Jackie Robinson was able to break the color barrier by getting

signed to the Brooklyn Dodgers, and for being the first black professional MLB

player. Robbinson had Social, Political, and Economic effects on America by

breaking the color barrier,he protested against racism, & invested in companies

to help poor african americans. We got the idea for this topic because we wanted

to do something sports related and Jackie Robbinson seemed like a good idea

for our topic. We ended up participating in History Day because we were forced

to participate because our history class and teacher required us to participate.

We found a majority of our secondary sources on our libraries database

sites like world book there were a few sources that we got just by searching for

things on the internet such as history.com and blackpast.org. To find our primary
sources we mainly searched for quotes from jackie robinson and images of him

on the internet we also got some from our library databases like ABC-CLIO. Our

most valuable sources were World book and History.com because that's where

we got most of our information about Jackie Robinson and the things he did from

these two sources. Our ideas about this topic didn't really change. We chose to

put what we thought was most important. We put our entry together by writing the

parts of the website in a doc then putting them on to the site. Some problems we

overcame was that the weebly site was not working for a while but we were able

to get it to work.

Our topic relates to the National History Day topic of Breaking Barriers

because Jackie Robionson was the first colored MLB player and that broke the

color barrier in professional sports. It's important to study this topic so the same

things don’t happen again with future sports. It relates to change in history

because it caused the desegregation of professional sports. This was a valuable

learning experience because we learned about segregation in the past and how it

was overcome.