Grace Storvold's List: Jackie Robinson

1.  Proper citation - MLA format

Coombs, Karen M. Jackie Robinson : Baseball's Civil Rights Legend. Springfield, NJ: Enslow, 1997. Print.

2.  Why is this resource reliable?

Enslow Publishers have a good reputation for printing accurate and educational books.

3.  What are you using from this resource?

Background information about Jackie Robinson and stories of his heroism.

4.  Summary of article (in your own words)

This book follows the life of Jackie Robinson, highlighting his years with the Brooklyn dodgers between 1947-1957 and his work as a civil rights advocate.

5.  Highlighted quotes/material from the article

What man would be crazy enough to to want to take over this particular baseball team at the last minute of spring training and walk into such a tension-ridden situation? The might be mutinies in the clubhouses and maybe even riots in the streets. Its hard to even comprehend the immense pressure that Jackie at the center of all this attention. Baseball players differ from most people because unlike doctors, lawyers, and accountants they perform in front of tens of thousands of spectators. They are scrutinised on every movement. It would be difficult enough for a Rookie but Jackie carried the weight of a magnified tenfold being both a Rookie and the first African American to ever play major league baseball.

1.  Proper citation - MLA format

Tackach, James. Early Black reformers. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2003. Print.

2.  Why is this resource reliable?

The author is a professor at Bristol University and is highly regarded. 

3.  What are you using from this resource?

 General information about Jackie Robinson and information about how he handled abuse and death threats. 

4.  Summary of article (in your own words)

This novel has a section that highlights Jackie Robinsons stuggle with racism and segregation during and after his baseball career. It talks a lot about his effort as an outspoken civil rights advocate.

5.  Highlighted quotes/material from the article 

Paraphrased:

• On the road he was forced to stay in separate hotels

• Despite his all star status life was far from easy

• He has signed a contract basically signing away all right to react whenever discriminated against or threatened with racial violence which included detailed and gruesome death threats directed at his wife and child
• “The  right of every american to first class citizenship if the most important issue of our time”
• After his career as a baseball player he was an outspoken advocate for civil rights