Jackie Robinson by JACK O'Connor illustrated by Jim Butcher This book goes into detail about the first african american major league baseball player. The reader is brought into a time where blacks and whites were separated even in sports and introduced to a hero Jackie Robinson who served as an officer in world war 2. Jackie Robinson became the first african american player in the major leagues on April 15, 1947. He is faced with hardships including racial torment by fans, coaches, and even some of his teammates. His resilience is needed if there are to be future players of african american race to play baseball in the major leagues. At first he was pushed to the breaking point, other players intentionally would try and hurt him to show that he was weak, but Jackie prevailed and hit almost .300 for the season and hit the most home runs on the team. Soon, other teams begin to sign negro players and this is the beginning of a new era in baseball. In fact, 14 years after jackie robin