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African American baseball players Biography African American baseball players Biography Juvenile literature African Americans Biography African Americans Civil rights History 20th century African Americans Social conditions 20th century Baseball players Baseball players United States Biography Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) History Robinson, Jackie 1919-1972 United States Race relations History 20th centuryHerman, Gail
Summary: A biography of Jackie Robinson, the first African-American player in major league baseball when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, discussing his family, college and military years, athletic abilities, career in the Negro Leagues, move to the majors, and activism on behalf of African-Americans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2011
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT People Who RobinsonRampersad, Arnold.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROBINSON, JACKIE RAMKennedy, Kostya
Summary: "True is a probing, richly-detailed, unique biography of Jackie Robinson, one of baseball's-and America's-most significant figures. For players, fans, managers, and executives, Jackie Robinson remains baseball's singular figure, the person who most profoundly extended, and continues to extend, the reach of the game. Beyond Ruth. Beyond Clemente. Beyond Aaron. Beyond the heroes of today. Now, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2022