Read this excerpt from I Never Had It Made by Jackie Robinson. In 1910 Branch Rickey was a coach for Ohio Wesleyan. The team went to South Bend, Indiana, for a game. The hotel management registered the

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Read this excerpt from I Never Had It Made by Jackie Robinson.

In 1910 Branch Rickey was a coach for Ohio Wesleyan. The team went to South Bend, Indiana, for a game. The hotel management registered the coach and team but refused to assign a room to a black player named Charley Thomas. In those days college ball had a few black players. Mr. Rickey took the manager aside and said he would move the entire team to another hotel unless the black athlete was accepted.

Which type of evidence is used in the excerpt to show that Mr. Rickey fought for equality?

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a quotation from Mr. Rickey

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