Jackie Robinson
By Nolan
My name is Jackie Robinson. If you
just sold my trading card you got $18,000. If you want to know why then listen
to this. My trading card is worth $18,000 because I was the first African
American to play on the white only Major Leagues and I was very good.
I was born in Georgia in 1919. My
family was very poor. Because I was so poor, I stole food from stores. I was
able to go to college at UCLA where I became a sports star. I was the first
person to play on four varsity teams; basketball, baseball, football, and
track. I won an award for every sport I played.
In 1942 I joined the U.S. army and
after three years I was sent to play for the Kansas City Monarchs. It was a Negro
league, which means that it only had black players. In 1947 I was asked to play
for the Brooklyn Dodgers as the first African- American to play in the Major
Leagues. Many people didn’t want me to play and they called me names and kicked
me. But I was brave, played hard, and we ended up winning the pennant for the
first time in six years.
ther's one thing I want you to remember and that’s that I was the first African
American to play in the Major leagues.
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