15 athletes that broke racial barriers in sports

As I continue my research on this topic, I thought that it was necessary to find other athletes besides Jesse Owens who have also broke the "barrier" so to say in professional sports. This was a good direction for me to start because I was going off of my knowledge of Jesse Owens only and that of coaches, and I needed to get a background of what other African American athletes have gone through as well. This includes their struggles, their achievements, and historical events along the way that helped to define who they were as a professional athlete. I want to know these things so that I can more easily start to grasp this concept more broader than just off of one athlete that I know a lot about that only competed in Track and Field, so I needed to know more about athletes in other sports.

When I found this article today about athletes in sports who have broken the color barriers over the years, I knew I needed to share it. Of these, one includes the famous Jesse Owens breaking Olympic records which I mentioned before so I could easily relate. Others included: Tiger Woods, Jack, Johnson, Ernie Davis, and more. Of these, one that I found was the most important was Jackie Robinson. He was the first African American athlete to play in the major leagues, later on being inducted into the Hall of Fame. Another important factor that I came across while reading about him was that he helped in diminishing racial segregation by breaking the regulation of blacks having to play in the Negro leagues for baseball any time before. I found it interesting that these breakthroughs were all over a span of years, which goes to show how this topic of racial differences is an ongoing process for African American athletes. From all of these,  I decided to research just on one athlete instead of many. I decide that I will pick Jackie Robinson and focus on his history more and his background as I move further ahead.
As I was searching about these athletes on this site, I knew that it was safe and credible to use because it was coming from the Big 10 University Pressbox. Along with this, I looked at other tabs on the website and each had a source cited to it, as well as it saying that it was coming from Monumental Sports Entertainment, which is a larger network that I can trust. For a final justification for this website, I decided to research the author and found that he is a professional journalist for this website and it the same region as Monumental Sports Entertainment is located. I also noticed that the author's tone in this was very formal and got his point across that he was making about these historical athletes which also makes this source useful to have for my research and helps push me in my opinion about black athletes as well. This affects its usefulness as a source because I know the stories behind each of these athletes and that I can trust the knowledge given about them.


Of these athletes, it was hard to pick a favorite because all of their stories were touching.
From all of these athletes, which one is your favorite story and why?

Comment your answer below please!
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