Jackie Robinson Persuasive Speech

Introduction:
Have you ever been so abominated that people make racist remarks at you? Well, Jackie Robinson was. Jackie Robinson was a baseball player for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1947-1956, but he wasn't an average baseball player, he was an Activist, Philanthropist, and most importantly the first black player in the MLB. As Jackie went throughout his career he was despised and loved, fans would chant his name but others would throw things at him and call him racial slurs just because he was attempting to integrate baseball. While this was all going on Jackie wouldn't say a word, he wouldn't throw his fists up or attempt to fight them he would just let his game do the talking. But you think he did this all on his own? Well, that leads me to the whole reason why I am writing this passage because people need to know that Jackie wasn't running his marathon alone. He did this with the support of Rachel, who is his wife, and his loving fans that were at every game.

Proof paragraph #1:

One way I can support this claim comes in ¨Royals to Obama's¨ when Barack says ¨I think anytime you are involved in an endeavor that involves enormous stress, finding yourself questioned in term of whether you should be where you are, to be able to go back and have refuge with someone who, you know, loves you, and you know has your back. That's priceless.¨ This supports my claim that Rachel helped Jackie overcome the mental part of his fight for social change because in this quote Barack speaks about how when you are going through hard times, when you question if you should be as successful as you are having a support system that helps you with the mental aspect is invaluable and that is precisely what Rachel did for Jackie, guide him through the mental fight in his marathon to breaking the color