Jackie Robinson

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chapter 1 Separate But Equal Baseball is a game played on a diamond-shaped field made of dirt and grass Players hit a small ball with a bat The team who scores the most runs wins A run is scored when the batter runs around the three bases and crosses home Baseball is known as America’s national pastime The first professional baseball league in the United States was started in 1871 In 1883 a team called the Dodgers was formed in Brooklyn New York Sixty-four years later the Dodgers made history They signed a player named Jackie Robinson This decision changed not only baseball but also the hearts and minds of American baseball fans In the 1940s America was a segregated country White people had many civil rights that black people did not 4 21st century skills library