First Class Citizenship: The Civil Rights Letters of Jackie Robinson
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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.
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- Title
- First Class Citizenship: The Civil Rights Letters of Jackie Robinson
- Author
- Michael G Long, Editor
- Condition
- Fine
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- Good
- Book Type
- book
- Binding
- Hardback
- ISBN 10
- 0805087109
- ISBN 13
- 9780805087109
- Edition
- 1st edition.
- Printing
- 1st printing
- Dimensions
- 8vo
In First Class Citizenship, Jackie Robinson comes alive on the page for the first time in decades. The scholar Michael G. Long 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.
Writing eloquently and with evident passion, Robinson charted his own course, offering his support to Democrats and to Republicans, questioning the tactics of the civil rights movement, and challenging the nation's leaders when he felt they were guilty of hypocrisy--or worse. Through his words as well as his actions, Jackie Robinson truly personified the "first class citizenship" that he considered the birthright of all Americans, whatever their race.
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