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Jackie Robinson walked onto the diamond on April 15, 1947, as first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers, making history as the first African American to integrate Major League Baseball in the twentieth century. Today a national icon, Robinson was a complicated man who navigated an even more complicated...

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Otros Autores: Merida, Kevin (writer of afterword.), McMahon, David, 1976- (writer of foreword.), Burns, Sarah, 1982- (writer of foreword.), Burns, Ken, 1953- (writer of foreword.), Long, Michael G. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Washington Mews Books, an imprint of New York University Press, [2021]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Robinson, Jackie, > 1919-1972.
Robinson, Jackie, > 1919-1972 > Influence.
Race relations.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Discrimination in sports.
African American baseball players.
SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / Essays & Writings.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports.
Discrimination dans les sports > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Joueurs de base-ball noirs americains > Biographies.
Discrimination in sports > United States > History > 20th century.
African American baseball players > Biography.
United States.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siecle.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Biographies.
History.
collective biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword : Taking Jackie Robinson seriously / Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon
  • Introduction : That day / Michael G. Long
  • Foundations. The owner / Howard Bryant ; A Methodist life / Randal Maurice Jelks
  • Baseball. Jackie Robinson ball / George Vecsey ; Telling it the right way / Jonathan Eig ; A champion of nonviolence? / Mark Kurlansky ; The white media missed it / Chris Lamb ; On retiring 42 / David Naze
  • Civil rights and politics. Before the world failed him / Sridhar Pappu ; The dilemma of the Black Republican / Gerald Early ; "I've got to be me" : Robinson and the long Black freedom struggle / Yohuru Williams
  • The wide world of sports. The first famous jock for justice / Peter Dreier ; Supporting Black women athletes / Amira Rose Davis ; The challenges of a gay Jackie Robinson / Adam Amel Rogers
  • Afterword : The legacy of perfection / Kevin Merida.

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