| 1. In the fourth paragraph of his speech, Rickey seems to be saying that he desired to bring a black player
to the St. Louis ballclub. Why did this effort fail? |
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| 2. According to Rickey, what were the four factors that were necessary for him to bring a
black player to the major leagues successfully? |
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| 3.Rickey stated that "the greatest danger, the greatest hazard, I felt was the negro
race itself." What did he mean by that? |
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| 4. Rickey stated that, according to the historian Frank Tannenbaum, four things were
necessary for the acceptance of black players in baseball. What were those four factors? |
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| 5. When Rickey stated, "I am completely color-blind," do you take him at his
word? |
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6. Do you think that the following statement made by Branch Rickey was true in 1956?:
"America is,--it's been proven Jackie,--is
more interested in the grace of a man's swing, in the dexterity of his cutting a base, and
his speed afoot, in his scientific body control, in his excellence as a competitor on the
field,--America, wide and broad, and in Atlanta, and in Georgia, will become instantly
more interested in those marvelous, beautiful qualities than they are in the pigmentation of a man's skin."
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| 7. What did Rickey mean when he referred to "the last syllable in a man's
name"? |
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