Jackie Robinson Poems - Poems about Jackie Robinson

I can hear what Jackie Robinson's mother is saying right now. "Batter up, even when I am making biscuits so that I can be baking them." She is 100 today....

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Well howdy doody my name is Jack Isn't much history this old dude lacks Even Jackie Robinson Dad and I saw game one First black player ever to get untracked...

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Number 42 Retire Brooklyn Dodgers Number 42 Hang up your jersey, honey No one can follow you after Jackie Robinson Major League Baseball was uplifted into the outer sphere When Jackie Robinson was brave enough And brazen enough to try…. Major League Baseball had been closed to people of color Jackie’s prowess, professionalism and success changed The way people in the USA thought about...

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The incomparable Jackie Robinson who wore "42" rose to prominence and... broke the Major League Baseball color barrier In 1947, and had a 10-year All-Star career Date written: 02/09/2021...

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Growing up in Montreal, there were many great stars Loud cheers for the Royals were heard from the local bars The greatest of them all Jackie Robinson stood tall Jackie's memory remains always in our hearts...

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This guy's been a baseball fanatic since I was ten Jackie Robinson was my hero, first man of colour back then History in the making He was shaking' and baking' Most teams weren't accepting but my Montreal Royals were... amen!...

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April 15th was Jackie Robinson Day My boyhood hero who led the way Allowing those since To follow his prints This spirited man, a pioneer he did play...

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Supposedly we are all created equal But some are more equal than other How can that be and my question is why Aren't we all supposed to be brothers It's totally baffled me all my life Became aware of it in nineteen forty-six All the attention was on Jackie Robinson The baseball world was transfixed The colour barrier was down forever As out from...

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Jackie Robinson Broke the color barrier Number 42 first ever retired Lead the way for so many black athletes Honor this great man today...

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