49 pages 1 hour read

Jackie Robinson

I Never Had It Made

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1972

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Essay Topics

1.

Taken from a Langston Hughes poem, the opening chapter of I Never Had It Made is titled “A Dream Deferred.” Analyze why Jackie Robinson chose this title for his first chapter. 

2.

How did the racist incident in the Army that led to a court martial trial prepare Jackie Robinson for his rookie season in Major League Baseball? 

3.

Analyze the consequences that Major League Baseball’s racial integration might have had on the Negro leagues in the years following 1947.