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Jackie Robinson: Jackie Robinson Story
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Reaction to Robinson from baseball fans and players ranged from enthusiasm and joy to hostility and death threats. However, his talent on the field could not be denied, and he won respect as well as the first Rookie of the Year award in 1947. In 1949, he won the National League's Most Valuable Player award, leading the league with a .342 batting average and 37 stolen bases. Off the field, he was the subject of everything from songs to a feature-length film about his life. Robinson even starred as himself in the movie, "The Jackie Robinson Story." Released in 1950, it was one of the first films to portray a black man as an American hero.
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On Sunday's 60th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers, his widow was bestowed with one of MLB's highest honors at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Full story >
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One of the most sincere sports biopics, that has Jackie Robinson doing a great job playing himself as he breaks the color barrier in pro baseball. It's an inspirational biography about the first Negro to play in the Major Leagues, who must not only prove himself as a ballplayer but overcome the stings of racial prejudice and is under instructions from Brooklyn Dodgers top executive Branch Rickey (Minor Watson) not to fight back under any circumstances against the expected racial slurs and dirty play. Alfred E. Green ("The Jolson Story"/"Gentlemen Are Born"/"Baby Face") tightly directs; the fine screenplay is by Arthur Mann and Lawrence Edmund Taylor. It's a low-budget "B" film, shot in black-and-white, during the off-season of Jackie's third time around with the Dodgers.
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TheJackie Robinson Storywas made in 1950 and stars Jackie Robinson as himself. The story is an interesting commentary on race relations and the trials experienced by the Robinson family during this troubled period.
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Jackie died from diabetic complications in 1972. His life story continues to stand as an example of courage and the rights and equality of all peoples. There are many tributes that have been given to Jackie Robinson, but one of my favorites was given by Richard M. Nixon, who said that Jackie's sense of "brotherhood and brilliance on the playing field brought a new dimension not only in the game of baseball but to every area of American life where black and white people work side by side" (Falkner p.343).
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Jackie eventually gets brought up to the Major Leagues (Brooklyn Dodgers) and he continues to keep his head despite all kinds of race baiting he confronts everywhere he goes. Exciting baseball history as Jackie does his talking with his bat and with his fielding. Watch the The Jackie Robinson Story!
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