7 Chapter 6 Army Days

Chapter 6 Army Days In April 1942, Jackie was sent to Fort Riley, Kansas, far from Rachel and his family. There, he was accepted into Officer Candidate School. The school trained soldiers to become officers—leaders in the army. Jackie's class was the first to include both whites and blacks. When he graduated, Jackie Robinson was a second lieutenant. He wanted to go overseas. But an ankle injury prevented that from happening. He was next sent to Fort Hood in Texas. The base had separate quarters for blacks and whites, separate dining halls, and separate bathrooms. The old Jim Crow laws were alive and well.

1942年4月，杰基被送到堪萨斯州的莱利堡，远离雷切尔和他的家人。 在那里，他被军官候选人学校录取了。 这所学校训练士兵成为军队的军官。 杰基的班级是第一个既有白人也有黑人的班级。 毕业时，杰基·罗宾逊是一名少尉。 他想去海外。但脚踝受伤阻止了这一切的发生。 接下来，他被送往德克萨斯州的胡德堡。 这个基地有黑人和白人的独立宿舍、独立的餐厅和独立的浴室。 旧的吉姆·克劳法仍然有效。

One day Jackie was sitting on an army bus with a friend's wife. The woman looked white, though she wasn't. Suddenly the white driver stopped the bus. He didn't like the idea of a black man sitting with a white woman. He ordered Jackie to move to the back of the bus.

一天，杰基和一个朋友的妻子坐在一辆军车上。 那个女人看起来很白，虽然她不是。 突然，白人司机把车停了下来。 他不喜欢一个黑人和一个白人妇女坐在一起。 他命令杰基到公共汽车的后面去。

"Leave me alone!" Jackie shouted back. The driver warned there'd be trouble and called for the military police. Indeed there was trouble. Jackie was put on trial. At the trial, Jackie talked about his grandmother, what she'd taught him about being a

“放开我!”杰基喊道。 司机警告说会有麻烦，并叫来了军警。 确实有麻烦。杰基受到了审判。 在审判中，杰基谈到了他的祖母，她教他如何做一个

slave, and what it felt like to be called nasty names. He was found innocent. Not long after, Jackie was sent to an army base in Kentucky. There, he met a soldier who had played baseball in the Negro Leagues. In the 1940s, there were more than two hundred allblack teams with players every bit as good as players in the major leagues.

奴隶，以及被骂脏话的感觉。 他被判无罪。不久之后，杰基被送到肯塔基州的一个军事基地。 在那里，他遇到了一个曾在黑人联盟打棒球的士兵。 在20世纪40年代，有200多个全是黑人的球队，他们的球员和大联盟的球员一样优秀。

The soldier said there was good money in playing on an all-black baseball team. In fact, the Kansas City Monarchs were looking for players.

那个士兵说在一个全是黑人的棒球队打球是很赚钱的。 事实上，堪萨斯城帝王队正在寻找球员。