The black press, some liberal sportswriters, and even a few politicians were banging away at those Jim Crow barriers in baseball. I never expected the walls to come tumbling down in my lifetime. — Jackie Robinson Copy Share Image
When I look back at what I had to go through in black baseball, I can only marvel at the many black players who stuck it out for years in the Jim Crow leagues because they had nowhere else to… — Jackie Robinson Copy Share Image
I had to fight hard against loneliness, abuse, and the knowledge that any mistakes I made would be magnified because I was the only… — Jackie Robinson Copy Share Image
After two years at UCLA, I decided to leave. I was convinced that no amount of education would help a black man get a… — Jackie Robinson Copy Share Image
I have always been grateful to Colonel Longley. He proved to me that when people in authority take a stand, good can come out… — Jackie Robinson Copy Share Image
Today, Negroes play on every big league club and in every minor league. With millions of other Negroes in other walks of life, we… — Jackie Robinson Copy Share Image
In all my years of baseball, I have always expected to be traded. I never liked the idea. — Jackie Robinson Copy Share Image
Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade. — Jackie Robinson Copy Share Image
If I had been white with the things I did, they never would have allowed me to get out of baseball. — Jackie Robinson Copy Share Image
If I had to choose between baseball’s Hall of Fame and first class citizenship for all of my people. I would say first-class citizenship. — Jackie Robinson Copy Share Image
I cannot possibly believe that I have it made while so many black brothers and sisters are hungry, inadequately housed, insufficiently clothed, denied their… — Jackie Robinson Copy Share Image
I don't think that I or any other Negro, as an American citizen, should have to ask for anything that is rightfully his. We… — Jackie Robinson Copy Share Image
