In 1945, segregation practices ended in organized baseball. This made it possible for African American players to play on all white teams. Although discrimination still went on within the teams, eventually Jackie was accepted countrywide because people started focusing on his effort for the team and not on what he looked like. At the start of his baseball career, Jackie was able to go to the University of California at Los Angeles in 1937 with an athletic scholarship. After leaving UCLA due to financial reasons, he received an offer to play baseball with the African American team, the Kansas City Monarchs where he earned $400 a month. He played shortstop with the Monarchs. Robinson batted a .340 average with the team. That summer he got an offer from the Brooklyn Dodgers, farm team, the international league of the AAA Montreal Royals. This was the first time in 70 years that an African American player would join a white team. The offer included getting $600 a month and $3,500 for signing the contract. He ended the season with a .349 batting average. ("Jackie Robinson ABC-Clio" 1)
You don't need "ABC-Clio" in the internal citation. Just "Jackie Robinson" is fine. Also, you don't need the page number, but that was my mistake, so I won't take points for that.
Jackie signed a national league contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. They caught on to his success with other teams and wanted him to be on their team. In his first year playing with the dodgers, Jackie received rookie of the year despite all the discrimination he got from the crowd and other players. Another surprise Jackie got was having a day dedicated to him at Ebbets field called "Jackie Robinson day". He soon led the team to the world series for six different years. Jackie played in the all-star games from 1949 to 1972 as well. Later on the dodgers traded him to the New York Giants in 1956 where he continued to play until a month later when he retired. Six years later in 1962, Jackie was put into the Baseball Hall of fame. After retiring he had a job as an executive for a restaurant firm in New York. People all around the world remember him as a baseball legend still. ("Jackie Robinson ABC-Clio" 1)
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You don't need "ABC-Clio" in the internal citation. Just "Jackie Robinson" is fine. Also, you don't need the page number, but that was my mistake, so I won't take points for that.
Jackie signed a national league contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. They caught on to his success with other teams and wanted him to be on their team. In his first year playing with the dodgers, Jackie received rookie of the year despite all the discrimination he got from the crowd and other players. Another surprise Jackie got was having a day dedicated to him at Ebbets field called "Jackie Robinson day". He soon led the team to the world series for six different years. Jackie played in the all-star games from 1949 to 1972 as well. Later on the dodgers traded him to the New York Giants in 1956 where he continued to play until a month later when he retired. Six years later in 1962, Jackie was put into the Baseball Hall of fame. After retiring he had a job as an executive for a restaurant firm in New York. People all around the world remember him as a baseball legend still. ("Jackie Robinson ABC-Clio" 1)
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