Black History Month: Jackie Robinson

Not only an extremely talented athlete, student at UCLA, and Army officer, Jackie Robinson chose to demonstrate unmatchable self-control and focus by entering the white-only world of Major League Baseball; he was Rookie of the Year, later MVP, and inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. The indiscribable pressure to perform despite death threats and racial slurs only slightly echoed the actual racial violence of the USA through the centuries. But now it was in a beloved public forum-Major League Baseball- and the object of rascist ridicule was actually demonstrating superiority. Not of race, but athletic skills. He had a supportive wife and family, who were also in the spotlight.

 I especially love the stolen home bases.

Jackie Robinson steals home (Yogi Berra catching.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XY-XshGhMU

Jackie Robinson official site.

http://www.jackierobinson.com/about/bio.html 

  Movie Review: 42

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/04/movie-review-42.html 

For '42,' actor had to please Jackie Robinson's No. 1 fan

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-sneaks-boseman-20130113,0,2347774.story 

Jackie Robinson will be the focus of the biopic '42' 

http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Culture-Cafe/2013/0131/Jackie-Robinson-will-be-the-focus-of-this-spring-s-new-biopic-42 

MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 4/20/13

So That Explains It...Jackie Robinson's Brother... 

Jack and Mack

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/04/so-that-explains-itjackie-robinsons.html 

 

Someone Brought a Smile to Your Baby Face 

Everybody's somebody's baby.

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/04/someone-brought-smile-to-your-baby-face.html 

What Kids Need to Hear During a Crisis 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/04/what-kids-need-to-hear-during-crisis.html 

MzTeachuh: Healthy to Learn Tweets of the Day 4/16/13

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/04/mzteachuh-healthy-to-learn-tweets-of.html 

Movie Review: 42

Movie "42"

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/04/movie-review-42.html 

Pieta: Mother's Heart Cuore di mamma

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/04/pieta-mothers-heart-cuore-di-mamma.html 

Mother and Child, Andy Warhol

 

Who Showed You Who You Are? 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/04/who-showed-you-who-you-are.html 

 

 

 Reading to Your Kids Tweets of the Day 4/18/13 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/04/reading-to-your-kids-tweets-of-day-41813.html?spref=bl 

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