Michael G Long Editor (26 results)

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 1st Printing. A NEAR FINE, bright, clean, tight copy sans tears, stains, discoloration and text markings. "At the conclusion of his baseball career, Robinson continued in his pursuit of social progress through his work as a newspaper columnist. 'Beyond Home Plate,' an anthology of Jackie Robinson's columns in the 'New York Post' and the 'New York Amsterdam News,' offers fresh insight into the Hall of Famer's life and work following his historic years on the baseball diamond." 156 pages. GFC1.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Printing with full number line. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards and text also very good. Very minor wear to edges of unclipped dust jacket; small sticker remnant over foot of spine; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed by the editor on the title page with no inscription or other markings. Signed by Author(s).

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. xviii, [2], 359, [5] pages. Illustrations. Editor's Introduction. A Note on the Text. Notes. Location of Letters. Index. Ex-library with usual library markings. DJ had been pasted to boards. Michael G. Long is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Peace and Conflict Studies at Elizabethtown College. Long has published numerous works on Martin Luther King, Jr., the Civil Rights Movement, Billy Graham, and Christian living. His books include First Class Citizenship: The Civil Rights Letters of Jackie Robinson and The Legacy of Billy Graham: Critical Reflections on America's Great Evangelist. At Elizabethtown College he teaches courses on Christian social ethics, the Civil Rights Movement, and peace and conflict studies. This work includes never-before-published letters that offer a rich portrait of the baseball star as a fearless advocate for racial justice at the highest levels of American politics. Jackie Robinson's courage on the baseball diamond is one of the great stories of the struggle for civil rights in America, and his Hall of Fame career speaks for itself. In First Class Citizenship, Jackie Robinson comes alive on the page. Michael G. Long has unearthed a remarkable trove of Robinson's correspondence with--and personal replies from--such figures as Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Martin Luther King, Hubert and Barry Goldwater. These conversations reveal the scope and depth of Robinson's effort during the 1950s and 1960s to rid America of racism. Writing eloquently and with evident passion, Robinson charted his own course, questioning the tactics of the civil rights movement, and challenging leaders when he felt they were guilty of hypocrisy--or worse. Through his words as well as his actions, Jackie Robinson personified the "first class citizenship" that he considered the birthright of all Americans, whatever their race. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated].

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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition [stated]. xviii, [2], 359, [5] pages. Black and green marks on top edge. Minor sticker residue on DJ. Illustrations. Includes Editor's Introduction; A Note on the Text; Abbreviations; Notes; Location of Letters; Permissions Credits; Acknowledgments; and Index. Chapters include Faith in Democracy: 1946-1956; From Faith to Frustration: 1957; Against Patience: 1958; Profiles in Question: 1959; Selling Nixon: 1960; Wrong About Kennedy?: 1961; From the Hall of Fame to Hallowed Ashes: 1962; Back Our Brothers--Except Adam and Malcolm: 1963; The Campaign Against Bigotry: 1964; A Rockefeller Republican: 1965-1966; Sharp Attacks, Surprising Defenses: 1967; The Politics of Black Pride: 1968; Moving Forward in Our Struggle: 1969-1972. The editor has unearthed a remarkable trove of Robinson's correspondence with--and personal replies from--such towering figures as Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Hubert Humphrey, Nelson Rockefeller, and Barry Goldwater. These extraordinary conversations reveal the scope and depth of Robinson's effort during the 1950s and 1960s to rid America of racism. Long's first book on Jackie Robinson was selected as a best book of the year by Publishers Weekly.[citation needed] Long served as an expert historian for Ken Burns's documentary on Jackie Robinson. Robinson's character, his use of nonviolence, and his unquestionable talent challenged the traditional basis of segregation that had then marked many other aspects of American life. He influenced the culture of and contributed significantly to the civil rights movement.[7][8] Robinson also was the first black television analyst in MLB and the first black vice president of a major American corporation, Chock full o'Nuts. In the 1960s, he helped establish the Freedom National Bank, an African-American-owned financial institution based in Harlem, New York. After his death in 1972, Robinson was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal and Presidential Medal of Freedom in recognition of his achievements on and off the field. Michael G. Long is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Peace and Conflict Studies at Elizabethtown College. Long is the author or editor of books on civil rights, religion, and politics, including Troublemaker for Justice: The Story Of Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the March on Washington; We the Resistance: Documenting Our History of Nonviolent Protest; Jackie Robinson: A Spiritual Biography; Peaceful Neighbor: Discovering the Countercultural Mister Rogers; Gay Is Good: The Life and Letters of Gay Rights Pioneer Franklin Kameny; Beyond Home Plate: Jackie Robinson on Life after Baseball; Martin Luther King, Jr., Homosexuality, and the Early Gay Rights Movement; I Must Resist: Bayard Rustin's Life in Letters; Marshalling Justice: The Early Civil Rights Letters of Thurgood Marshall; First Class Citizenship: The Civil Rights Letters of Jackie Robinson; The Legacy of Billy Graham; Billy Graham and the Beloved Community; and Against Us, But for Us: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the State. Long has written for the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, USA Today, the Huffington Post, the Chicago Sun-Times, New York Daily News, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and his work has been featured or reviewed in or on NPR, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, USA Today, Salon, CNN, Book Forum, and other newspapers and journals. He received a Ph.D. from Emory University in 2000.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st edition. First Class Citizenship: The Civil Rights Letters of Jackie Robinson. Michael G Long, Editor. Published by Times Books/Henry Holt and Co LLC, New York, NY, 2007. 1st Stated Edition 1st Printing. Hardbound. Paper DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Fine in Good DJ. 359 Pgs. ISBN 0805087109. LCCN 2007018621. Never-before-published letters offer a rich portrait of the baseball star as a fearless advocate for racial justice at the highest levels of American politics. Brings together not only an extraordinary set of documents by and about the post baseball Robinson but, through these letters, an extraordinary account of the times. Description text copyright 2010 BooksForComfort. Item ID 23418. book.

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