Warriors Don T Song Analysis

Have you ever faced a crucial turning point that impacted yourself and others? Melba Pattillo Beals from the memoir “Warriors Don’t Cry”, Jackie Robinson from the autobiography “I Never Had It Made”, and Feng Ru from the article “  The Father of Chinese Aviation” by Rebecca Maskel all faced life-changing events. During those turning points, they overcame difficult challenges. Melba Pattillo Beals, Jackie Robinson, and Feng Ru overcame challenges, faced turning points and had an impact on themselves and their countries.

Melba Pattillo Beals in Warriors Don't Cry  fought hard to be as equal as white's by integrating into an all white high school. In Warriors Don't Cry it says "Why can't I go everywhere white's can go" (Beals 29). Melba was little at the time and being black she didn't understand why people with a different color skin could do so much more than she could. She wanted to go everywhere white's were going and be just like them. When her chance came to join an all white high school she was flattered and took up the offer immediately and wanted to prove herself.

One of Jackie Robinson’s struggles was segregation.He was not allowed to play with the white men because of his skin color. Also back in that time there was lot’s of racism. When Jackie Robinson finally got to play on the men’s white team the fans booed him. Jackie Robinson had some really hard struggles but he got through it.

Jackie Robinson is very important to sports industry. Especially the Major League Baseball Association. He was discriminated for the color of his skin, the way he talked, what he wore. He was a role model to many African Americans at this time, and even present day. Everybody in sports look up to him, because if it were not for Jackie, they would not be there. What he did took a lot of courage to do.

Before 1947, Major League Baseball had never had a black player, although there were Negro Leagues. Jackie Robinson broke that. It takes courage and dedication to chase after something you love. Jackie had that for the game of baseball. The Civil Rights Movement was occurring during the time Jackie enter the Major Leagues, so the times were tough for him. Jackie did more than just play baseball; he introduced a whole new way to play the game, with blacks and whites. He did this by breaking the color barrier and introducing blacks into the Major Leagues, facing discrimination and showing his true passion for the game, and showing that he was looking to help all African-Americans in the civil rights movement.

Unlike all the other baseballs classic legends Jackie Robinson was a really uneaq type of player. He had the heart of a true man he was smart and intelligent, fierce and aggressive type of player. Although he and his family might have not been rich and wealthy they still had food to eat, a place to sleep in and most importantly a family to live with. Jackie Robinson I believed played for two teams the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers, and in both of those teams he most likely faced hard times playing for them but he got used to it and got on with his career and his (OWN LIFE).

During that time, especially Jackie being in an American sport, he stood strong and hopeful. Jackie was hated by white people and his teammates. A lot of black people sat in a hostile audience to help Robinson succeed. White “bigoted fans screaming “n-----”(Robinson.) were screaming at Jackie Robinson.

Robinson became a superstar at the perfect time as the U.S just got out of the World War 2 and defeated Adolf Hitler. When Jackie got involved with the league he brought people together through baseball, the black and white fans were so happy for the success for the Dodgers. He also impacted the U.S because he also took action during the civil rights. Jackie was the chairman for the Nation Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s (NAACP). It was the Fight for Freedom. Robinson gave lectures around the country. Jackie Robinson went through all of this to prove and show everyone that all humans should be treated well. He also went through it all so, no other athletes will struggle to become

Jackie Robinson brought baseball fans of all races together and it improved race relations because even though their was still hatred, white people were getting eased into racial integration since Jackie Robinson was laying the foundations of civil rights. Robinson was loved by many and hated by plenty, every game he played he packed the stands whether it be fans who are cheering for him or booing him. According to the biography by Wilson “Many fans came out to cheer Robinson, and a lot came out to boo him but both groups bought tickets” (75). He performed so well on the baseball field that the fans would lose sight of his color, and the stands were predominantly white so he was doing so well with a very unsupportive fan base. In the biography

With the same idea as Martin Luther King Jr., he worked hard to stay non-violent and to “turn the cheek” to the many threats and racial slurs he received throughout his time in the Major League. He was the target of many cold-hearted fans, and even some of the players on his own team. He was already born a leader, but these things fueled his fire even more. 5 years after he began playing in the MLB, he testified against discrimination before the House of Un-American Activities Committee and called out the Yankees for not yet breaking the color barrier. Along with that, he also served as a leader on the board of the NAACP until 1967.(www.NAACP.org) There, he made speeches that inspired people to get on board and to fight for their rights and for changes. He said, “Certainly if such revolutionary change can be brought about in baseball, it can be brought about in education, in transportation, and in any other area of American life. (Robinson) He believed that change was just around the corner, and all it needed was a little push. Jackie was a firm believer in his ideas and that is why he is such an important figure in our

Jackie Robinson was harassed and yell at, but still managed to be one of the greatest at baseball. During his book, Jackie claimed “ bigoted fans screaming "n-----." The hate mail piled up. There were threats against me and my family and even out-and-out attempts at physical harm to me.” Looking at that evidence proves Jackie was very courageous and knew he would make history someday. Many people say Jackie was the best baseball player ever.

The legacy of Jackie Robinson goes beyond the April 15, 1947 afternoon at Ebbets Field, when the Brooklyn Dodger infielder became the first black in the 20th century to play baseball in the major leagues. He changed the sport, and he changed the attitude of a lot of people in this country, Jackie Robinson fought for all the people that were fortunate, a lot of them are, especially the minority guys, to be able to play in the major leagues and the impact on the people of color today.

Jackie Robinson was a very important man to American history because he was the first black major league baseball player. Some might think it was easy for Jackie Robinson, but it was quite the opposite. He received stacks of hate mail, threats to his family, and even some of his own teammates didn’t accept him, but he didn’t stop trying. There were some good things that came with this though, black people supported him with total loyalty and there were many kids and some adults that didn’t

Like Jackie Robinson and Melba Pattillo Beals, Feng Ru is also one of the first. Feng Ru was the first Chinese Aviator in China and the U.S. The life-changing experience that Feng Ru faced was being the first Chinese Aviator in China and America. In paragraph 13, the text states,”...the words, “Chinese Aviation Pioneer” were engraved upon Feng’s tombstone.”

Feng Ru bought aviation to China. Like Beals and Robinson, Feng Ru also faced some obstacles and danger. He was so busy that it took him a while to finish his work “the preoccupied inventor was so obsessed with his airplane that it took him two months to fulfill his duties.” he was jammed into a small place and had to face the earthquakes in San Francisco, this caused him to move places, “San Francisco’s massive earthquake and resulting fire forced him to relocate to Oakland instead…”(Maksel) he was self-taught, he wanted to learn “all he could about machines, working in shipyards, power plants, machine shops” (Maksel). He built a airplane of his own design and started to test out his design. Like Beals and Robinson, Feng Ru changed his country China, and China rewarded him the General Posthumus rank and “The Republic of China gave Feng Ru a full military funeral”(Maksel) Feng Ru became the first aviator and is the “father of the chinese aviation” he died on the ground of China, accomplishing his goal. He has the ability to build an plane and it was own