American Sports and the Civil Rights Movement

American Sports and Racial Discrimination Introduction Annually all the Americans are required to file all their tax returns for verifications. However, the day is memorable for all Americans in the sports arena as its the day Jackie Robinson took to the field to compete with Brooklyn dodger in the baseball, 1942 .As he was the first black-American to play the game in major league and he did it during a time activists and blacks- American human rights defenders were at their toes to align the rights of all American. Historically, this followed after the national basket league was formed in the American sports and it integrated both African and white American players. Most of the young men joint the military services in the World War II during the period between 1941 and 1945. However, demand for basketball players was at higher notch and white American players couldnt meet the demand, hence, black players such as Jackie Robinson found their way to the game. Players from most of the black teams for example the New York renaissance popular ly known as Rens and even Harlem Globetrotters began to play for the national team in the NBL game.