The Jackie Robinson reader : : perspectives on an American hero / [electronic resource] / with contributions by Roger Kahn ... [et al.] ; edited by Jules Tygiel.. — New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : : Dutton,, c1997.. — viii, 278 p. : : ill. ; 23 cm.

Pepper Street, Pasadena / Maury Allen -- The goal dust gang / Woody Strode and Sam Young -- The court-martial of Jackie Robinson / Jules Tygiel -- "He did far more for me ..." / Red Barber with Robert Creamer -- "Oh, they were a pair" / Clyde Sukeforth as told to Donald Honig -- The Negro and baseball : the national game faces a racial challenge long ignored / Arthur Mann -- Jackie Robinson's signing : the untold story / John Thorn and Jules Tygiel -- It was a great day in Jersey / Wendell Smith -- Il a gagné ses épaulets / Jules Tygiel -- The race question / The Major League Steering Committee (August 27, 1946) -- The betrayal of Robinson / Harold Parrott -- Rookie of the year / Time magazine (September 22, 1947) -- The integration of Negroes in baseball / Dan W. Dodson -- The Paul Robeson-Jackie Robinson saga and a political collision / Ronald A. Smith -- September 30, 1951 / Milton Gross -- Now I know why they boo me! / Jackie Robinson -- A family named Robinson / J.K. Pollack -- Why I'm quitting baseball / Jackie Robinson -- Hall of Famer still on cloud 9 / Sam Lacy -- On being Black among the Republicans / Jackie Robinson as told to Alfred Duckett -- An exchange of letters / Jackie Robinson and Malcolm X -- "Lady, that's Jackie Robinson!" / Nan Birmingham -- The lion at dusk / Roger Kahn -- Thousands mourn Jackie Robinson / New York Amsterdam News (November 4, 1972).



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Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972.


Baseball players--United States--Biography.
African-American baseball players--Biography.

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