Filter By Subjects
African American baseball players African American baseball players Biography Juvenile literature African Americans Civil rights Baseball players Baseball players United States Biography Juvenile literature Civil rights movements Readers Robinson, Jackie 1919-1972 Robinson, Jackie 1919-1972 Juvenile literature United StatesFilter By Subjects
African American baseball players African American baseball players Biography Juvenile literature African Americans Civil rights Baseball players Baseball players United States Biography Juvenile literature Civil rights movements Readers 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"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers 2022
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Mara, Wil.
Summary: When Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers he became the fir st African American to play on a white Major League Baseball team. Read about how Robinson changed the face of baseball when he broke the color barrier and opened the door for the non-white players that followed.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
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