4.+Topic+Proposal

The hero im researching is Jackie Robinson. I chose him for my hero because he is the man who broke the color barrier for the sport of professional baseball. He was the first black male to recieve a pro-contract and play in a professional baseball game. Im cursious as to how he became as good as he was. With racial segregation being so big during his lifetime, its eye-opening to have one person achieve the level of play such as the pros, like Jackie Robinson. What sort of opportunities were available to him as kid and growing up? Who after all theses years finally decided to let him tryout and eventually play in the major leagues? What was his childhood like? When did he first show intrest in baseball and then futher intrest in playing baseball for a living? How did he get his name out there? Why was he being considered, after all the years of not letting African Americans into pros? Did Jackie Robinson influence black athletes in other sports to try and play at the professional level? By the end of the project I hope to have answered all the questions that I asked originally and to learn more than what I had expected. Also to imagine professional baseball without African Americans and to see how low the level of competitive play would be if not for Jackie Robinson.