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2024.3.6 |
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Video Recording |
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Ferguson 'Fergie' Jenkins We Will Do Better Conversation Starter |
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Ferguson 'Fergie' Jenkins We Will Do Better Conversation Starter, 2020, Born Digital MP4, viewing time 00:02:28. We Will Do Better: Develop racism awareness and spark conversations about racism by listening to the stories of how Hall of Famers overcame the challenges of racism in their sporting career. These vidoes created by Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in partnership with TSN and Quantum Media House share these stories. Transcript: As Canada's national museum of sport, we have a platform and an obligation to amplify Black voices, and share the lived experiences of Black Hall of Famers. Today, we bring you the story of baseball player, Ferguson "Fergie" Jenkins. Ferguson Jenkins is regarded as the best baseball player from Canada. Over his 21-year career, he was the first pitcher to retire with more than 3,000 strikeouts and less than 1,000 walks. Jenkins has been honoured in many ways, such as his induction into multiple hall of fames, the Chicago Cubs retiring his number, and the creation of a Canadian postage stamp on which his image is featured. Despite his success, Jenkins experienced racism throughout his career, the first experience was being called derogatory names in Florida. Jenkins said quote "it was an eye-opening experience, all of the things you read in the paper, all of a sudden, were being thrown right in your face." During his career at the Triple A level, he pitched in a baseball diamond that still had segregated water fountains and bathrooms. There were various instances where restaurants would not serve him nor his white teammates when Jenkins was with them: "In places we couldn't eat, we'd give our money to some of the white players, and they'd bring food back to the bus for us. Or, if we had to go around back to the kitchen and eat, I did it." Like many other Black athletes, Jenkins chose to focus on his sport, rather than the adversity he faced. After he retired from baseball, Jenkins went on to give back to his community. He played a season with the London Majors, but insisted his salary be donated, in honour of his mother, to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, a Foundation that provides services for people who are blind. In 1999, he launched the Ferguson Jenkins Charity Classic Golf Tournament, and later founded the Fergie Jenkins Charitable Foundation whose mandate is "Serving Humanitarian Need through the Love of Sport." The Foundation has supported Big Brothers Big Sisters, the YMCA, Habitat for Humanity and many more. We Can Do Better. We Will Do Better. |
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2020 |
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2020 |
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Jenkins, Ferguson |
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Athlete Baseball Conversation Starter Fergie Jenkins Racism Awareness We Will Do Better |