Jackie Robinson: A Biography

The extraordinary life of Jackie Robinson is illuminated as never before in this full-scale biography by Arnold Rampersad, who was chosen by Jack's

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Jackie Robinson

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Timeline: Key moments, milestones in Jackie Robinson's life

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Jackie Robinson : the First Black Major League Baseball Player

Winner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the YearTrue 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.

True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson [Book]

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But he lived at a time before the Civil Rights Movement, when the rules weren't fair to African Americans. Even though Jackie was a great athlete, he wasn't allowed on the best teams just because of the color of his skin.

I Am Jackie Robinson [eBook]

This biography introduces readers to Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play Major League Baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Featuring lively images and inspirational text in conjunction with a helpful glossary, index, and timeline of Robinson's life, readers will be engaged as they read about Jackie's life as a college athlete, his start in the Negro League, his stand against segregation, and his being the first person to ever get named Rookie of the Year.

Jackie Robinson: Hero on the Baseball Field [Book]

A detailed account of Jackie Robinson's first day in the Majors, by Jon Weisman