Some athletes changed what their sport could be, by breaking a barrier, changing how the game was played, or setting a standard others still measure against. These lessons cover Muhammad Ali's defiance, Jackie Robinson's breaking of baseball's color line, and Babe Ruth's home runs.
Jackie Robinson and the integration of baseball concern Robinson becoming the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era, breaking its color line in 1947. The lessons answer how he broke that line and help readers understand the choices and challenges involved. They follow the transition from recruitment to the major leagues.
Babe Ruth, born in 1895, was an American professional baseball player whose big swing drew fans, boosted baseball's popularity, and helped make home runs a major factor. The lessons answer how Ruth's power transformed baseball and help readers understand its broader effect on the sport. They trace changing ideas about how baseball should be played and what made it compelling.
Muhammad Ali's career and the politics of boxing concerns Muhammad Ali, an American professional boxer and activist, and his 1967 refusal to be drafted into the military because of his religious beliefs and ethical opposition to the Vietnam War, for which he was found guilty of draft evasion and stripped of his boxing titles.
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