Miss Mallie



At the start of the 20th Century a single
Mom called Miss Mallie, struggled to raise her
children as a share cropper in Georgia.

Hoping for change the family boarded a
train and headed for south Los Angeles,
California.  Kin relatives helped out,
as the family was getting started in a
new area.

Mallie would work many cleaning jobs!
She was know for her work ethic and
that where ever she went, she would
always be singing gospel songs.

In time Miss Mallie was able to buy a
house in a predominately Caucasian
housing development.  It was difficult
for the children because of the racism
that existed in the neighborhood.

She always taught her children...when
the insults came...rocks were thrown...repeated
words that said 'you can't' came...Mallie's
children knew what mom said,

"You have the right to belong...You have
the right to belong...You have the right
to belong."

Many years later the Brooklyn Dodgers
baseball team was known for breaking
the color barrier in that sport.  They
put a young man at second base who
wore number 42!

That young man really didn't break the
color barrier when he came to major
league baseball.  It was broken in
him years before when his share
cropper - hard working - gospel
singing Mom taught him, "You have
a right to belong."

Miss Mallie's son was named
Jackie Robinson!

This mother gave her son a great
legacy.  She set in motion greatness
in her son's life.

Dr. Harold Carter of the New Shilo Baptist
Church in Baltimore, Maryland has often
said, "The prayers and songs whispered
in the ears of children will make great
warriors for the cross as adults."

Today you can make a child.  Invest
your words to speak to children about
what can be achieved! A simple statement
could make or break them!

Ephesians 6:4 says, "...provoke not your
children to wrath: but bring them up in
the nurture and admonition of the Lord."

Miss Mallie pictured far right!

Jackie knew along time before he played
with the Dodgers, and even when he was
inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame,

"You have a right to belong!"