Bryan Dodd

Brooke Mobeck
Jose Cevallos

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Jackie -Robinson." Notable Sports Figures. Ed. Dana R. Barnes. Detroit: Gale,
2004.

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This source explains why he deserved to be on the Dodgers. He had great career
stats which helped him prove that he belonged. This source tells readers that even
though Jackie was African American he was just as good as a White man.
"African Americans and Sports: Baseball." UXL Multicultural: A Comprehensive
Resource on African Americans, Hispanic Americans and Native North
Americans. Detroit: UXL, 2003. N. pag.<http://ic.galegroup.com/>.
This website talks of the time before Jackie and how the leagues of baseball were
separated. It also mentions his great success as a rookie in major league baseball.
As well as the money he gained from the MLB.
"Jackie Robinson: This I Believe." Tell Me More 25 Mar. 2008: n. pag. StudentResources in Context. Web. 22 Oct. 2015. <http://ic.galegroup.com/>.

This source is an essay written by Jackie Robinson about his life. This source,
being a primary source, helps the reader better understand what he went through
personally. It shows and explains his life and the things he had to go through.

"Rachel Robinson: Reflections of a Trailblazer." All Things Considered 30 June

2010:

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This source explains how Mrs. Rachel Robinson had to deal with the same stuff
Jackie went through. It explains the threats and how she felt throughout all of this.
This is her feelings of the hard times.
"Jackie Robinsons Role in Integrating Baseball." Gale Student Resources in
Context.<http://ic.galegroup.com/>.
This source shows how much of a separation there was of black and white people
in the Major League of Baseball and how Jackie changed. Also it discuss how the
change was for the better. Explains how Jackie started out his carrer.
Rubinstein, William D. 7. "Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Major League
Baseball." History Today 53.9.<http://ic.galegroup.com/ >.
This source explains how baseball was Americas pastime. It also explains how it
was a white dominated sport. This document tells how popular baseball is around
the word.

Balliett, Will, and Tom Dyja. The Hard Way: Writing by the Rebels Who
Changed Sports.(2003): 20. Student Resources in Context. Web. 22 Oct. 2015.
<http://ic.galegroup.com/>.

This novel, The Hard Way: Writing by the Rebels Who Changed Sports, the
contains many of the events in Jackie Robinson's life. It goes through all of the
tough times that Jackie went through throughout his career. It includes many of
the vulgar language that the people in Robinson's years used.
New York: Thunder's Mouth, 1999. Print. 9. Robinson, Sharon. Promises to Keep:
Jackie
Robinson's Commitment to America.

Promises to Keep: Jackie Robinson's Commitment to America, includes the

separation of black men and white men. This book also has the part of Jackie
Robinson's life in the army, as well as the part of his life where he did other
sports then baseball. It has the multiple hard times that he had to deal with because
that was the norm at the time.
New York: Scholastic, 2004. Print 10. Tygiel, Jules. Extra Bases: Reflections on
Jackie
Robinson, Race, and Baseball History. Lincoln: U of Nebraska, 2002. Print.
This novel has my things on the journey that Jackie Robinson went through from
1919-1972. Tygiel says numerous things about the Jim Crow laws and how they

affect the baseball player Jackie Robinson. It also shows how Jackie got to sign
with the Dodgers and the many thing he did for baseball.
Berg, Timothy, et al. "1940s: Sports and Games." Bowling, Beatniks, and BellBottoms: Pop Culture of 20th- and 21st-Century America. Ed. Cynthia Johnson
and Lawrence W. Baker. 2nd ed. Vol. 3: 1940s-1950s. Detroit: UXL, 2012. 639651. Student Resources in Context. Web. 19
Nov. 2015. <http://ic.galegroup.com/ >.

This website talks about how Jackie Robinson made the big feat in breaking the
color barrier
in baseball. Along with when he made the Hall of Fame. It also says a part of the
things he did for his ten years of retirement.
Benson, Sonia, Daniel E. Brannen, Jr., and Rebecca Valentine. "Robinson,
Jackie." UXL Encyclopedia of U.S. History. Vol. 7. Detroit: UXL, 2009. 1324327.

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This source explains how he entered the majors as an African American. All the
hardships he went through were also mentioned in this source. It tells readers how
he was a star athlete which allowed him to attend college and later become a
professional baseball player.

Chadwick, Bruce, and David Spindel. The Dodgers: Memories and Memorabilia
from Brooklyn to L.A. New York: Abbeville, 1993. Print.

The Dodgers, is a novel written by Bruce Chadwick. Chadwick provides graphics,

descriptions, the Brooklyn Dodgers, and Jackie Robinson. He also mentioned
Jackie Robinson's struggles of the team towards him and the coaches.

"Jackie Robinson." American Decades. Ed. Judith S. Baughman, Victor Bondi,

Richard Layman, Tandy McConnell, and Vincent Tompkins. Detroit: Gale, 1998.
N. pag. Student
Resources in Context. Web. 13 Nov. 2015. <http://ic.galegroup.com/>.
This source explains how he broke the color barrier between black and whites in
baseball. It explains all the hardships he went through while on the Dodgers. This
is helpful to our project because it helps us understand the how he made the
Dodgers organization a non-segregated one.

"Jackie Robinson." UXL Biographies. Detroit: UXL, 2003. N. pag. Student

Resources in
Context. Web. 13 Nov. 2015. <http://ic.galegroup.com/>.
This source explains how the Dodgers recruited Jackie. It also explains the
hardships he went through while playing. It tells readers how his life was while on
the Dodgers.

"Robinson, Jackie 1919-1972." American Decades. Ed. Judith S. Baughman,

Victor Bondi, Richard Layman, Tandy McConnell, and Vincent Tompkins. Vol.

5: 1940-1949. Detroit: Gale, 2001. N. pag. Student Resources in Context. Web. 13

Nov. 2015.<http://ic.galegroup.com/>.
This document shares with readers how Jackie broke the color barrier between
blacks and whites in baseball. It explains the hardship and threats he went through
to get to were he was.
Robinson, Rachel, and Lee A. Daniels. Jackie Robinson: An Intimate Portrait.
New York: Abrams, 1996. Print.
The book, Jackie Robinson contains many graphics and descriptions, quotes, and
stories of Jackie Robinson. It is a large and helpful biography toward the History
Day Assignment. It covers his whole life and how it was useful to American
Baseball written by Rachel Robinson; his spouse.

Robinson, Sharon. Jackie's Nine: Jackie Robinson's Values to Live By: Courage,
Determination, Teamwork, Persistence, Integrity, Persistence , Commitment,
Excellence. New York: Scholastic, 2001. Print
Jackie's Nine, was a novel that included his family, friends, quotes, graphics, and
stories. It was written by Sharon Robinson; his sister. It tells the readers of how
his life was and how it went.

Smith, Robert. Baseball in the Afternoon: Tales from a Bygone Era. New York:
Simon & Schuster, 1993. Print.
Baseball in the Afternoon, was a novel that provided the Dodgers team and Jackie
Robinson's struggle of being on the team. The book told the readers of how it was

like for Jackie to get on the team and how rude the other players were being to
him. Jackie had to fight for himself and prove African Americans can play
baseball.

Stout, Glenn. The Dodgers. N.p.: Houghton Mifflin, n.d. Print.

The novel, The Dodgers is written by Glenn Stout who includes the seasons and
games for the Dodgers and Jackie Robinson's years of playing as the first African
American to play American Baseball. Stout provided to the readers a lot of
information of Jackie Robinson and his lifestyle with family and friends. Glenn
provided each year and each game of multiple seasons in this novel.

Whittingham, Richard. Illustrated History of the Dodgers. Chicago, IL: Triumph,

2005. Print.
Illustrated History of the Dodgers, was a novel that provided graphics,
descriptions of Jackie Robinson's ball play, and the Dodgers team itself. The novel
was written by Richard Whittingham and has the history of the Dodgers when
they became a team and until the time now. Richard provided a lot of information
about Jackie Robinson of how he played, his batting, positions, family, and
lifestyle.
Kepner, Tyler. "M.L.B. Report Highlights Sobering Number of Black Players."
The New York Times. The New York Times, 09 Apr. 2014. Web. 10 Jan. 2016.

This is a website that provides information on how many African Americans play
Major League Baseball today. We used this website to find the percentage.
African Americans have 8.3% of the nationality of Major League Baseball.
Jackie Robinson Stealing Home. N.d., n.p. Chicago Photograph. Web. 10 Jan.
2016
This is a picture of Jackie stealing home at the Cubs stadium. He made it safe at
home and the catcher was disagreeing with the umpires decision.
"Jackie Robinson Quotes." Jackie Robinson Quotes. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Jan. 2016.
This is a website that provides quotes that Jackie Robinson said. We used several
of them for the whole project. This helped us because when we could not find
another quote from a book this website provided us.
"Farther Off the Wall." Farther Off the Wall. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Jan. 2016.
This is a website that we used to get a quote for our project. This quote wasnt in a
book so we found this website and it was a perfect quote for our project.
Robinson, Jackie. Holding a Bat. N.p, n.d. Encyclopedia. Web. 10 Jan. 2016
This is an image of Jackie Robinson holding a bat gettin ready to swing at bat.
This picture is used for a page in the project.
"Jackie Robinson Timeline." World History Project. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Jan. 2016.
This is a website we used to help make our timeline. This website helped our
project by having our timeline have more dates to it.

"MLB Ready to Celebrate Jackie Robinson Day." Major League Baseball. N.p.,
n.d. Web. 10 Jan. 2016.
This is a website that we used to help us with a few pages on our website. This
website was about Jackie Robinsons day and why we celebrate that day.
"Jackie Robinson Timeline." Los Angeles Dodgers. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Jan. 2016.
This is a website that we used to help us make a timeline.This website had factual
information that the Dodgers team made of Jackie Robinson.
Robinson, Jackie. Brooklyn Dodgers Team. N.p, n.d. Web. 10 Jan. 2016.
This is a picture of Jackie Robinson and the Brooklyn Dodgers all together. We
used this photo for the legacy page on our project.
Robinson, Jackie. Sliding into Home. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Jan. 2016
This is a picture of Jackie Robinson sliding into home base. We used this picture
for the research page.

Rivera, Mike. Personal Interview. 10 Jan. 2016.

In this interview Mike Rivera gave us sensational information about Jackie
Robinson and how he changed the color barrier. He also provided us with valuable
sources that we used for our project.