~We are learning about the harsh and unfair beginning of the Jackie Robinson and his family. We are then taking evidence from out text to support our thesis statements about life for "colored" people in America before Jackie Robinson became a professional athlete. Did you now Jesse Owens won 4 gold medals for America, yet restaurants in the South would not serve him. Joe Louis won the Heavy Weight Championship of the World yet he could not get a room in ahotel in most major American cities.