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CU C UNDER U.S.
control a result of America'
victory against Spain in the
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depicted i th Godfat
and other gangster movie ,
Cuba became the playground
and a principal source of in
ment for th Mafia. Gambling,
drugs and pro titution were
rampant in Cuba in the good old
days. And, the Cuban people suf
feed und r as su ion of dic
tators who were either
sponsored by the U.S. or ruled
with U.S. complicity.
The of Cuban people
were forced to subsist in a state
of desperate poverty, aftlicted by
SAY MAN, 1 THOUGHT cc : :.':..::; ME
THAT YOU LIVED I'N A PR.DGI.\,· .A.'7E
BLACK. Nt:IGHBOR HOC' •• ?
o
Campanella took ajob nobody
else wanted, ept smiling, work
ing hard, became the best, now
honored role model for Bl ck
you h.
What can one young Black
m n living in poor circum
stan do to secure a productive
lif and career, avoid pitfalls nd
disappointm nts and enjoy he
happin 58 nd succes never
found by oth rs who flounder
and go to prison?
Th first thing he can do is to
look at th formula or follow the
path u by someone who has
.. n there" fore. Such per
son i th late Roy Campanella,
th loved nd famous BI ck
b all player born in po rty
but nown as the gre te t
catcher of'all time.
Before Roy was a nager,
however, he was known for three
very important qualities: first,
he h lped other people whene r
he could; econd, he was always
friendly; and third, he lway
remained hopeful. Throughout
his life he was known as a 1'8On
who always ve his t effort
and never became disoour ged
- even when a terrible auto c-
cident left him paralyz from
th waist down and comfi to
a wheelchair. Peopel enjoy his
companionship he
ac
By James E, Alsbrook
REAL MAN.
The formula Campanella
u is simple and can be fol-
low by anyone.
his Black mother was an excel
lent homemaker. He had one
older brother and two sisters
and they enjoyed a very pleasant
home life.
While watching a teacher try-
-ing to organize a baseball game
at Simon Grantz High School
one day, Roy volunt red to be a
catcher because nobody else
wanted to play that position He
was only 15, but h learned
quickly, played hard and was de
pendable. Within a year many
persons had seen his high school
team and admired Roy's ability,
so a local Black semi-profes-.
sional team needed a catcher
and offered. Roy th unpopular
job of catching. He took it and his
performance was outstanding.
He knew then what he wanted
to do for a living.
, MAINED in
chool long h could in or-
der to examine v rious opportu
niti and options. This was like
going to r taurant and loking
at the m nu. HIked at this
school' menu of academic
prepa atory and occupational
raining opportunities to find
some hing h r By enjoyed do
in . Wh t h ch e could be his
livelihood.
S nd, when he found what
he lik , h I arned all h could
from th e who knew more than
he did, and th n h con ntrated
on ming the t.
Third, ft rworkinghardand
I rning, he w ready and as
p pared he had a chan to
when h w "di oovered" by
an employer who w much
imp by Campanella' good
nature and friendly dispo ition
was h was by Campan lla's out-
tanding bility.
Campanella was born No
vember 19, 1921, in a working
cia neighborhood of
Phil d lphi Pa. His Italian fa-
n r w a ble vendor and
LATER, HE CAUGHT for
the Baltimore Elit , a team in
the old Negro Leagues, and
played winter bas ball in Latin
America. He learned conversa
tional Sp nish so he could play
and manage during th winter
months in the warm climate of
Central and South America.
His performance was so out
standing that he noticed by
Branch Rickey, Brooklyn Dodg
er ' general manager who
World
Having by tl
U.S., C troturned tot Sovi
Union and Eas m bloc and
d for socialism in Cuba.
Within hort y t
Cuban Revolution eked up
ome very impr ive gains:
p titution and drug trafficking
re eliminated; and ystems of
unive al free education nd
health care were instituted with
tb ult that Cuba the
high t literacy ·rate in I tin
America and a highly qualita
ti h th care ystem which .
uperior to that of t U.S. in
terms of guaranteed uni raal
coverage.
THE VERY IDEA of the new
Cuba became a threat to the old
way of doing busi on the Is
land and in the Third World.
Cuba' internationalist posture
was even more galling to the
U.S. in this regard.
The Cubans were not just con
tent to transform their society,
they voiced a commitment to
breaking the chains of domina
tion the world over.
Fidel Castro sent Cuban
teachers, doctors and techni
cians by the hundreds to coun
tries struggling to improve the
quality of Iif for their �Ele.
Cuba 0 .up� liberation
struggles throupout Africa and t
the Third World
Since the' outset of the Cuban
Revolution, therefore, the U.S.
has been yearning for a return to-
the good old days.
Hence the stubborn and irra
tional refusal to lift the immoral
and illegal blockade against
Cuba Though Cuba under Cas
tro has not been perfect, life for
the vast majority of Cuban peas-
, ants and workers is a far cry
. from what it was in the good old
days of U.S. domination
brought-Jackie Robinson into his
organization in 1946, and sehed
uled Robinson to play in Brook
lyn the next year.
Campanella entered the
Dodger organization by taking a
pay cut and playing for one year
with the Nashua team in New
England, and the Montreal team
before joining the Dodgers in
Brooklny in 1948.
With Robinson and then
Campanella added to a talented
Brooklyn team, the Dodgers be
came one of the best baseball
teams in history in 1949 and
proved themselves by winning
the National League pennant
five times and th World Series
once.
Critics said Roy was Ita grace
ful and flawl cather" and Ty
Cobb said Roy "will be remem
bered longer than any other
cathcer in baseball history. II'
He played hard even while in
jured, and loved what he was
doing.
In 1958 he was partially para
lyzed in a car crash, and in 1969
on the first ballot he �as elected
into the National Baseball Hall
of Fame.
Until he died, the Dodgers
paid him to be their role' model
and advisor.
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