What is one idea the author wants readers to understand from the information in paragraph 10?
10 In a very real sense, black people helped make the experiment succeed. Many who came to the ballpark had not been baseball fans before I began to play in the big leagues. Suppressed and repressed for so many years, they needed a victorious black man as a symbol. It would help them believe in themselves. But black support of the first black man in the majors was a complicated matter. The breakthrough created as much danger as it did hope. It was one thing for me out there on the playing field to be able to keep my cool in the face of insults. But it was another for all those black people sitting in the stands to keep from overreacting when they sensed a racial slur or an unjust decision. . . . I learned from Rachel, who had spent hours in the stands, that clergymen and laymen had held meetings in the black community to spread the word. We all knew about the help of the black press. Mr. Rickey and I owed them a great deal.
Select one:
Black baseball fans helped Jackie Robinson keep his cool on the field.
Black people were willing to face possible danger to support Jackie Robinson.
Many black baseball fans filled the stands when Jackie Robinson played.
The black press held meetings to support Jackie Robinson.