Perseverance

The person I chose for perseverance was Jackie Robinson. Jackie showed perseverance through hard work, dedication, and determination. He overcame all the laughter, taunting and dodged all the obstacles that were thrown at him. Jackie Robinson was the first black professional baseball player. He was born in January 31, 1919 and died October 24, 1972. Jackie was only 53 years old when he died.

Not only was he the first black professional baseball player he holds the record for field percentage by a second baseman, .992 (minimum of 150 games). As you can see Jackie was black which made him different from all of the other baseball players, but he was still good at base ball. His base ball career ended in 1956 when he was 36 years old. To this day he is still considerd an American Hero.