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Jackie Robinson: World Series
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Robinson had a stellar career and became one of the most popular and beloved baseball players of all time. He was MVP in 1949 when he led the league in batting. He played in six World Series during the ten years he played major league ball, and was a six-time All Star. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on the first try. Later in life, Robinson worked for civil rights for African Americans, and received a medal from the NAACP. At the 1972 World Series, he said that he would like to see African Americans in baseball management.
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Jackie Robinson worked tirelessly over the years with a variety of church groups and community organizations. He served on the Board of Managers of the Harlem YMCA, where a building now bears his name. A major supporter of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, he served as National Chairman of its Brotherhood Week in 1968.
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At UCLA Jackie seemed to have a natural preference for sports. He was well known for his prowess in football, baseball, basketball and the track events. He went on to become an officer in World War II. Jackie Robinson was a born athlete and he soon was at the crossroads of which sport to take up as a career. The decision he took at this stage made him the first black Major Leaguer in sixty years. Jackie Robinson went on to become one of the best baseball players of all time.
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In the 1955 World Series, Jackie Robinson stole home in the first game. Although the Dodgers lost the game, they won the World Series. It was the Dodgers' first World Series Championship, and they beat the New York Yankees.
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After leaving UCLA a few credits short of graduation, Robinson joined the US Army to serve in the Second World War. After initially being rejected, he was able to force his way into Office Candidate school and was commissioned as a Lieutenant. While training at Fort Hood, TX, Robinson refused to move to the back of a bus when a white woman demanded that he do so. Even though Army regulations specifically backed him, Robinson was court-martialed for insubordination. He was acquitted, but was still unfairly branded as a racial agitator. The Army found a pretext to give him an honorable discharge soon afterward.
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Robinson was drafted in 1942 and served in the U.S. Army, where he began to develop an interest in standing up for the civil rights of African Americans. He assisted boxer Joe Louis in opening an Officer Candidate School for African American soldiers. Robinson was soon promoted to 2nd Lieutenant. He tended to react with anger to incidents of discrimination and injustice. On one occasion he was actually court martialled for an incident in which he refused to move to the back of the bus. He was exonerated from any wrongdoing because the order had been in violation of Army regulations.
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