42 is the only retired number in the Major League Baseball. In the 100-year history of Major League Baseball, there are countless talented players like Bright Galaxy. The 42nd has only had one best player of the year, which may not be eye-catching. But he was the first black player in the league, one of the most courageous people of that era, Martin Luther King in sports. After the end of World War II, the defeat of fascism caused white Americans to forget the friendship of their fellow citizens on the battlefield, and continued to implement a segregation policy against blacks. The blacks were even restricted from using public toilets and transportation. In this environment, the Brooklyn Dodgers boss decided to sign black player Jackie Robinson. What awaits him is not only the verbal abuse from the audience, but even the rejection of his teammates. They learned that the team was going to sign a contract with blacks, and jointly signed a protest letter, nicknamed the "Declaration of Independence" in baseball. They refused to share a dressing room and shower room with him. But just like agate and pearls will not depreciate because they are buried in black soil, his extraordinary skills, courage to fight and forbearance in the face of insults have finally been recognized. When the Philadelphia general manager was in the game, he kept spraying him with trash, and then mocking his teammates: "How does it feel to be a teammate with a nigger?" His teammate smiled and asked, "What does it feel like to be a scumbag?" He was kicked out by the referee's black whistle in the first game, and he was driven away by the stadium security for no reason when he went to the away game for the first time. But he knew that this was not all. One day, when he and his wife were walking on the road, suddenly a white man came straight over and stared at him and said, "I hope you understand one thing." His wife was scared and hid behind him. The white man said: "I hope you understand that I support you to play well. There are many people here who think the same way. If a person is talented, he should get a fair chance." By the end of the season, the field has begun. There are white children imitating his strokes. If Jesus plays baseball, I think this is what he looks like.
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