Opening day
the story of Jackie Robinson's first season
by Jonathan Eig
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World War II had just ended. Democracy had triumphed. Now Americans were beginning to press for justice on the home front--and Jackie Robinson had a chance to lead the way. He was an unlikely hero. He had little experience in organized baseball, his swing was far from graceful, and he was assigned to play a position he had never tried before. But the biggest concern was his temper--Robinson was an angry man who played aggressively. In order to succeed he would have to control himself in the face of what promised to be a brutal assault by opponents of integration. Drawing on interviews with surviving players, sportswriters, and eyewitnesses, as well as newly discovered material from archives around the country, Jonathan Eig presents a fresh portrait of a ferocious competitor who embodied integration's promise and helped launch the modern civil-rights era.--From publisher description.
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Baseball players, African American baseball players, Baseball, Discrimination in sports, Biography, History, Robinson, Jackie, -- 1919-1972, New York Times reviewed, Large type books, Baseball, history, Robinson, jackie, 1919-1972, African american athletesPeople
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Opening day: the story of Jackie Robinson's first season
2007, Simon & Schuster
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Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season (Thorndike Press Large Print Nonfiction Series)
July 18, 2007, Thorndike Press
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0786296747 9780786296743
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A chronicle of the 1947 baseball season during which Jackie Robinson broke the race barrier offers a sixtieth anniversary tribute based on interviews with Robinson's wife, daughter, and teammates.
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