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African American baseball players African American baseball players Biography African American baseball players Biography Juvenile literature Baseball players Baseball players United States Biography Juvenile literature Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Race relations Robinson, Jackie 1919-1972 Robinson, Jackie 1919-1972 Juvenile literature United StatesWilliams, Yohuru R.
Summary: "An enthralling, eye-opening portrayal of this barrier-breaking American hero as a lifelong, relentlessly proud fighter for Black justice and civil rights"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ROBRappaport, Doreen
Summary: "Baseball, basketball, football, tennis, track and field -- no matter the game or competition, Jackie Robinson hit it out of the park. His exceptional talents should have easily landed him a career in pro sports. But in the United States in the 1930s and '40s, opportunities like those were closed to athletes like Jackie: his skin was the wrong color. Jackie settled for playing baseball in the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA 921 ROBPrince, April Jones
Summary: Traces the life of the first black Major League baseball player of the modern era, detailing his childhood, his career as an MVP-award winning baseball player, and a hero of the civil rights movement.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021