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(Continued) A movie was made from it in 1950. Jackie A movie was made from The Story. The Jackie Robinson Story. Jackie Robinson: Strong Inside and Out Strong Jackie Robinson: “Opening Others” for Doors From Denise Lewis Patrick by EXCERPT TO WRITE ABOUT TO EXCERPT In 1962 he was elected to the Hall of Fame. The ceremony was held in In 1962 he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. The ceremony important days of his life. Two It was one of the proudest Cooperstown, New York. Mallie, and . to celebrate: his mother, there his early years were people from His whole family took part in the 1963 concern for opening doors kept him busy. Jackie’s for equal rights for . The Robinsons stood with Washington on March famous Martin Luther King, Jr.’s tens of thousands of Americans of all races to hear Dr. speech. “I Have a Dream” races working and living together. about different words King’s Jackie believed in Dr. black had been all about. He worked to bring more what his baseball career That’s King’s make Dr. managers and coaches to baseball. And he and Rachel raised money to He wasn’t as fast as he used to be. He wasn’t playing as well as he wished. And by then playing as fast as he used to be. He wasn’t He wasn’t and David. He wanted time with his Sharon, of Jack Jr., the parents he and Rachel were family. life outside of baseball. to live a He was ready Jackie announced that he would retire. New Careers at Chock as a vice president what Jackie Robinson did. He worked in business And that’s helped start a bank. a newspaper column. He He wrote company. Full o’Nuts, a coffee stars. He traveled and went deep-sea fishing with and movie Jackie met U.S. presidents his family. Doby was in the American League, not long after Jackie. He played for the in the American League, not long after Doby was the first and joined Jackie with the Dodgers.. and it stayed open. Jackie Robinson had opened the door, Jackie Robinson had given many opening all over America. In the doors were for equal rights. He had stopped accepting African Americans the courage to fight a book He wrote and more. unfairness in silence. Jackie began to speak out more about his life, played himself! the lasted almost ten years, almost all of them with career major-league Jackie’s Series title. The 1956 season was his and a World Dodgers. The team won six pennants planning to moving to . Jackie found out they were last. The Dodgers were leaving baseball. thinking of Giants. But he was already trade him to the New York After Jackie, more and more black players joined the major-league baseball teams. Larry joined the major-league black players and more After Jackie, more this, and jot your thinking in the margins. this, and jot your As you read through this excerpt about Jackie Robinson, think about how Jackie Robinson about Jackie Robinson, think this excerpt through As you read of you find evidence time. Highlight where at that time and to events of the connected to others X X GRAB & GO Reproduction authorizedonlyforthelocalschoolsiteornonprofit organization thathaspurchased thisbook. Retrieved from thecompanionwebsitefor live uptoitsprinciplesofequalityandnonviolentresolutions. Ali, JackieRobinsonwasanintellectual,spiritual,andmoralpersonwhosawthatwithfamecamearesponsibility tomakeAmerica details, theauthormakessure readers don’t pigeonholeJackieRobinsonasagroundbreaking baseballplayer. NotunlikeMuhammad and hisfamilyattendMartinLutherKing,Jr.’s 1963March onWashington, these buttheyraisedmoneyfor the civilrightscause.With and becauseofit,hewasabletocontinuebreak barriers,workingonbehalfofequalrights.WethatnotonlydidRobinson learn who lovedhisfamilyandwassmartenoughtoenjoypursuitslikedeep-seafishingjazz.We caninferhewasabalancedperson, about itisthatthehallmarksofsuccessaren’t theyincludedetailsthathewasaman strictlyabouthiscorporatepostsorearnings; fight forequalrights.”Inthesection“NewCareers,” theauthordetailsRobinson’s successfullifeafterbaseball.What’s heartening public speakingandlifeafterretirement around claimssuchas“JackieRobinsonhadgivenmanyAfricanAmericansthecourageto Notice thatbythesecondparagraph,werecognize thattheauthorisassertingafarbiggerinfluence,lacingdetailsofRobinson’s game aswell—andbyextension,entertheofAmericanbusinessandculture, too. Jackie Robinson’s role asthebaseballplayerwhobroke thecolorbarrierpavedwayforotherblackbaseballplayerstoenter and perhapstheentire biography. heading itself—”OpeningDoorsforOthers”—signalstothereader whattheauthormostwantsustotakeawayfrom thissection Note: (Continued) From thisexcerpt,thereader deducesthattheauthorisfocusinghere onJackieRobinson’s post–baseballcareer life.The summer intheirbigbackyard inStamford, Connecticut. dreams happen.To ofJazz”concertseach dothis,theystartedhaving“Afternoons Teaching Evidence-BasedWriting: Nonfiction by LeslieBlauman.ThousandOaks,CA: Corwin,www.corwin.com.