Jackie Robinson

     I believe that Jackie Robinson was one of the greatest civil rights figure. With this said, I would not go as far as to say that he was the greatest. He did many great things and helped in a great way; but others did more than him. The many great things that he did include breaking the color barrier and even after his baseball career he did more civil rights work. Although he did many great things, you must remember the things that other people did that led to Jackie Robinson playing for the Brookline Dodgers. You must remember that Martin Luther King Jr. and many other people had fought for civil rights for a long time and that Branch Ricky was the man that brought Jackie Robinson to the Dodgers. I believe that while Robinson was a great civil rights figure, there were greater.