Read the excerpt from jackie robinson’s letter to president eisenhower.

when you said we must have self-respect, i wondered how we could have self-respect and remain patient considering the treatment accorded to us through the years.

this excerpt contains an historical allusion to

a)civil rights activists that advocated for equal rights in the united states throughout the 20th century.
b)the discrimination and bigotry faced by african americans throughout history in the united states.
c)robinson’s belief that an end to segregation is impossible to achieve in the united states.
d)robinson’s belief that president eisenhower is responsible for ending segregation in the united states.

The correct answer is B. Jackie Robinson refers to the discrimination and bigotry faced by African Americans throughout history in the United States.

Jack Robinson was an American baseball player and the first African-American to enter Major League Baseball. He played most of his professional career for the Brooklyn Dodgers. In addition to his outstanding career as a player, he made a firm political and community activity for equal rights and the fight against discrimination.

After his retirement, Robinson stood out as a fighter against racial segregation in his role as businessman and political figure; He was also in charge of projects to improve the housing of African-Americans, and was associated with personalities such as Martin Luther King, as well as with American presidents Dwight David Eisenhower, John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon.

He also worked with churches and social organizations. After his death, his wife founded the Jackie Robinson Foundation, which grants scholarships to help young people in need to grant them education and make them useful citizens. In one occasion, Robinson told a sports reporter in New Orleans: "We do not want anything special, we just want them to allow us to live as you do, as our Constitution demands."

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