Jackie Robinson?

Question

how Jackie Robinson helpd contribute to the civil Rights Movement?

Answer 1

Jackie Robinson contributed to the Civil Rights movement to a great extent. He changed not only the world of baseball, but perhaps the world of sports. As the first African American player in professional baseball, Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier. He faced a lot of racism on the field. He was intentionally spiked one time. By being a VERY GOOD African American player, he changed people's views. He is very important and contributed a lot to the Civil Rights Movement.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Robinson

Answer 2

As a player , Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball but Branch Rickey deserves some of the credit because it was his administrative position that was able to get the ball rolling to begin the integration of baseball. He also waited for the first commissioner of baseball, a known bigot , Kennesaw Mountain Landis to pass away a year earlier. It did make the road more smoothed over for such a radical idea. In the case of the integrating of baseball Jackie Robinson could not have done this alone . He would have needed help at the administrative level but it is to his credit how he handled the situation as well as he did.

Answer 3

Baseball was the first successful integration in the US. 1947 is quite a long time before the other big events we hear about. Jackie only played ball for 10 years, then he went into the political arena and continued his fight. He worked with governors at changing the laws. Integrating a "business" is one thing, but getting the laws changed on a higher level is a much broader accomplishment. Jackie was a big name and his celeb status allowed him to be a speaker at many events and gave publicity basically to the cause. He was one of the first big names in the fight.
He wrote an autobiography called "I Never Had it Made" if you're interested, it deals mostly with his post-baseball career.

Answer 4

Jackie Robinson was a key player in the civil rights movement in my humble (and Caucasian) view. If everything, including baseball, was segregated, and now baseball is not segregated, it could not be long before other aspects of American life had to be integrated. He may not have killed Jim Crow, but he sure struck a key blow. And he did it with his bat, glove and legs. As a baseball fan, I have to love that.

Answer 5

He did alot FOR BASEBALL, I got pissed off when one guy was saying how he was the biggest person in the Civil Rights movment in the 20th century. I mean WTF, thats Bs right there, MLK, Rosa Parks, Malcom X, all way bigger than Robinson in the big picture. Hey I respect him and all, but not to an extent to say he was the number 1 leader of the Civil Rights movment in the 20th century

Answer 6

By breaking the color barrier.

Answer 7

he did not put up a fight

Answer 8

he played against all white players duh