Jackie Robinson's Impact on the Civil Rights Movement
Bob Kendrick, president and CEO of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum discussed the impact that Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in baseball in 1947 on the Civil Rights Movement.
Description
Bob Kendrick, president and CEO of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum discussed the impact that Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in baseball in 1947 on the Civil Rights Movement.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- How did World War II influence the integration of baseball?
- What reasons does Mr. Kendrick give for his assertion that Jackie Robinson's breaking of the color barrier in 1947 was the beginning of the civil right movement?
Additional Resources
- Lesson Plan: Key Events of the Civil Rights Movement
In this lesson, students will explore the key events of the Civil Rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s, including the methods used and groups who participated in them, and then analyze the impact and legacy of those events.
- Bell Ringer: Jackie Robinson and the Civil Rights Movement
Description Documentary Filmmaker Ken Burns discussed Jackie Robinson, his breaking of the color barrier in Major League Baseball, and its impact on the Civil Rights Movement.
- Lesson Plan: Baseball in America, Origins and Early Days
Participants
Vocabulary
- Brown V. Board Of Education
- Civil Right Movement
- Color Barrier
- Integration
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Rosa Parks