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88 pages : color illustrations ; 29 x 29 cm
Language
English
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Using an "Everyman" player as his narrator, Kadir Nelson tells the story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through the decline after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947. Illustrations from oil paintings by artist Kadir Nelson.
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xiii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes the 1954 World Series, when two black players went with their division-winning teams, the New York Giants and the Cleveland Indians, to fight for the championship, seven years after Jackie Robinson broke the color line.
"Jackie Robinson heroically broke the color barrier in 1947. But how--and, in practice, when--did the integration of the sport actually occur? Bill Madden shows that baseball's famous "black experiment" did not truly succeed...
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2 videodiscs (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tells of the story of Jack Roosevelt Robinson, a sharecropper's son who elevated an entire race and country when he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947. The film illuminates Robinson's place as a leader and icon of the civil rights movement whose exemplary life and aspirational message of equality continues to inspire generations of Americans. Includes interviews with family members and rarely-seen photographs and film footage.
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English
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Sharon Robinson shares memories of her famous father in this biography of the man who broke the color barrier in baseball. Jackie Robinson was an outstanding athlete, a devoted family man and a dedicated civil rights activist. The author explores the circumstances surrounding Jackie Robinson's breakthrough. She also tells the off-the-field story of Robinson's hard-won victories and the inspiring effect he had on his family, his community ... his country!...
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