help please I’ll mark : with these 2 questions 1. How did world war || influence the integration of base ball ?

2. What reasons does mr Kendrick give for his assertion that Jackie Robinson’s breaking of the color barrier in 1974 was the beginning of the civil right movement?

Baseball was played throughout the war and made contributions to the war effort. Servicemen were supplied with bats and balls to play baseball wherever they were, the product of what was commonly known as the Ball and Bat Fund. MLB also raised money for the Army and Navy Relief Societie

Explanation:

Robinson responded to Rickey in a letter preserved in the Branch Rickey Papers. After a successful season with the minor league Montreal Royals in 1946, Robinson officially broke the major league color line when he put on a Dodgers uniform, number 42,

ANSWER FOR QUESTION 1:

By the 1940s, organized baseball had been racially segregated for many years. The black press and some of their white colleagues had long campaigned for the integration of baseball. Wendell Smith of The Pittsburgh Courier was especially vocal. World War II experiences prompted more people to question segregation practices.

ANSWER FOR QUESTION 2:

Jackie Robinson may have kept silent in the face of racial bigotry in his first two seasons after breaking baseball’s color barrier, but after 1949 he was quiet no longer and became a powerful voice for civil rights.

Sure hope this helps you! :)