A life is not important except if it has impact on other lives.
I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.
Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead.
These phrases come from the iconic player Jackie Robinson so with Jackie Robinson Day coming up you can read this and know what he had to fight. All this fighting only because his skin color, this was one of the most important moments for the Civil Rights Movement.
- Jackie will have to show throughout his life that he is the best ball player in the field. Despite him being treated terrible by most players in the league. People will try to spike him and pitchers will try to hit him with the ball.
- With all of those things he will need to achieve he will have to biggest test with all the racial things happening how will he react? Will he blow up and attack the players, or will he be quiet and keep it to himself?
This book shows how was life as an African-American was before the Civil Rights Movement. The biggest thing in the book is obviously race. This shows to not judge people by skin color. This also shows to not think of yourself higher than someone because of a racial idea or if I am richer I am better. But overall to not judge people by small things about them but to be open minded.
AUTHOR: Barry Denenberg
GENRE: Non-Fiction
GRADES: 4-8
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