Jackie Robinson: Breaking the Color Line in Baseball (Crabtree Groundbreaker Biographies)

Simmons, Matt

ISBN 10: 0778712427 ISBN 13: 9780778712428

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company, 2014

Synopsis

At a time when much of the United States was still racially segregated, Jackie Robinson smashed the color barrier to become the first African-American player in Major League Baseball. Born in 1919 to a family of sharecroppers, Robinson excelled in sports throughout his school years. After serving briefly in the army during WWII, he briefly played ball in the Negro Leagues. At about the same time, a handful of all-white Major League teams paid lip service to trying out black players. But it was when Robinson played his first game for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 that he became a part of what would be called The Noble Experiment. Outspoken in the past when it came to racial injustice, Robinson endured racist jeers from fans and players, and even death threats, with dignity and composure. His historic feat of crossing baseball's color line became a symbol in the American civil rights movement in the decades that followed.

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About the Author

Simmons attended the University of Washington School of Industrial Design. After deciding that his career as a graphic artist wasn't going where he wanted it to, he attained his A+, Network+, and MCSE.

Edition details

• Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0778712427
• ISBN 13: 9780778712428
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 112