The story mainly talks about Jackie Robinson and the struggles he had to face as he became the first African American to play in the major-league baseball . Before April 15, 1947 only whites were allowed to play baseball, but Jackie Robinson changed the way society was that day. He was very talented, and showed lots of character but that alone wasn’t enough for people to accept him. As a oncoming star he faced many trail and tribulations. He tried out for the football team but didn’t make it because of discrimination. When he was chosen to play for the Brooklyn dodgers things seem to get even worse for him instead of better. His team mates didn’t respect him, he wasn’t allowed to stay in the same hotel as them, and other players on the opposing team even pointed their bats at him making machine gun sounds at him. Although he faced many problems he kept his cool and never responded to anything negative that came at him, which showed to everyone how much character he had. After one of his white team mates stood up for him things started to get better for him. People recognized his talent, character, and passion for baseball, and started to accept him. After that he made way for other African Americans to play baseball like Willie Mays, Ernie Banks, and Henry Aaron.
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