Blackout : the untold story of Jackie Robinson's first spring training /

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In the spring of 1946, following the defeat of Hitler's Germany, America found itself still struggling with the subtler but no less insidious tyrannies of racism and segregation at home. In the midst of it all, Jackie Robinson, a full year away from breaking major league baseball's color b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lamb, Chris, 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press, ©2004.
Temas:
Robinson, Jackie, > 1919-1972.
Robinson, Jackie, > 1919-1972
Robinson, Jackie.
Baseball players > United States > Biography.
Discrimination in sports > United States.
Discrimination dans les sports > États-Unis.
Joueurs de base-ball > États-Unis > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > History.
Baseball players
Discrimination in sports
Rassendiskriminierung
Baseballspieler
United States
collective biographies.
Biographies
Biographies.
Biographie.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Fried Chicken and Hard-boiled Eggs
  • Jim Crow Baseball Must End
  • Rickey and Robinson Challenge Segregated Baseball
  • Robinson and Wright Take Their Game to Sanford
  • Robinson and Wright Flee Sanford by Sundown
  • Robinson Takes the Field
  • Cheap Talk, Mexican Millionaires, and Eddie Klep
  • Lights Out in Deland and Locked Gates in Jacksonville
  • Integration Stands Its Ground against Southern Intolerance
  • Robinson Wins the Day during His First Game in Montreal.

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