Supporting Details Intervention

"In 1947, Jackie Robinson took a bold, fearless step into the major leagues, paving the way for African Americans who dreamed of playing our nation's highest caliber of baseball."

"When a truly outstanding baseball player decides his career is over, one way his team honors him is to retire his uniform number."

"Jackie Robinson may have received the ultimate honor, however, when all of baseball retired his number."

"That means no major-league baseball player will ever again sport No. 42 on his uniform."

"Zwerg had also been beaten unconscious."

"The violence in Montgomery made the national news and stirred a call to action."

"A television interview with Zwerg from his hospital bed appeared on the news that evening."

"His battered face and his statement about the riders' determination to continue rallied many viewers to the cause."

"Volunteers from all over the country joined the Freedom Rides in the South, either on their own or through the quickly organized Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee."