Promises to Keep: Introduction and 'Black and White World"

Sharon Robinson is...

• Jackie Robinson's Mom

• Jackie Robinson's daughter and the author of the book

• Not related at all to Jackie Robinson

• There is no way to tell

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What sport did Jackie Robinson play professionally

• Baseball

• Soccer

• Softball

• Tennis

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What is the gist of the Introduction?

• Sharon and Jackie had a close relationship as father and daughter. Sharon has continued to live Jackie's legacy of excellence and service to others.

• Sharon knew her father well as an athlete, but she did not know him well as a man. She did not fully understand her dad's values.

• Jackie fought for civil rights throughout his lifetime in various ways.

• Segregation had become a "way of life" in the United States before Jackie broke the color barrier in baseball.

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Sharon Robinson writes in the introduction that she admired her father for this reason...

• He always got angry at baseball games

• He ignored his neighbors

• He always stuck at things, even when it was hard.

  He used his fame to try to make a change.

• He retired from professional baseball when she was 6

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True or False, Jackie Robinson was a slave.

• True

• False

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True or False: Slavery was legal when Jackie Robinson was alive.

• True

• False

• Maybe

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Slavery was ended by the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation

• Yes

• No

• There is no way to tell

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Segregation was not a problem when Jackie Robinson was alive.

• No, it was a problem still

• Yes, it had already been solved and everyone was treated the same

• He didn't care

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Before Jackie Robinson's life, and during it, some people supported segregation and thought it should continue.

• No, everyone knew it was bad

• Yes, some people wanted it to end but not everyone

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After the Civil War, laws were made to make it so African Americans still were not treated equally.

• No, slavery had ended

• No, that would be rude

• Yes, some people did not support equal rights for all

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