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This title in other formats:Blackout: The Untold Story of Jackie Robinson's First Spring Trainingby Chris Lamb
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:In the spring of 1946, following the defeat of Hitler’s Germany, America found itself still struggling with the subtler but no less insidious tyrannies of racism and segregation at home. In the midst of it all, Jackie Robinson, a full year away from breaking major league baseball’s color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers, was undergoing a harrowing dress rehearsal for integration—his first spring training as a minor league prospect with the Montreal Royals, Brooklyn’s AAA team. In Blackout, Chris Lamb tells what happened during these six weeks in segregated Florida—six weeks that would become a critical juncture for the national pastime and for an American society on the threshold of a civil rights revolution. Blackout chronicles Robinson’s tremendous ordeal during that crucial spring training—how he struggled on the field and off. The restaurants and hotels that welcomed his white teammates were closed to him, and in one city after another he was prohibited from taking the field. Steeping his story in its complex cultural context, Lamb describes Robinson’s determination and anxiety, the reaction of the black and white communities to his appearance, and the unique and influential role of the press—mainstream reporting, the alternative black weeklies, and the Communist Daily Worker—in the integration of baseball. Told here in detail for the first time, this story brilliantly encapsulates the larger history of a man, a sport, and a nation on the verge of great and enduring change. Review:"Lamb does an excellent job of setting this pivotal episode in baseball history in the larger context of race relations of the South, providing a number of graphic examples of violence against blacks in order to emphasize the dangerous world that Robinson and Wright were entering when they arrived in Florida as new members of the Montreal Royals, Brooklyn's main minor league team."-Michael Cocchiarale, Aethlon (Michael Cocchiarale, Aethlon)Review:"Blackout is the most complete analysis of Robinsons first spring training available as Lamb has probed the press reports to new depths and in the process revealed another facet of the two Americas divided along racial lines. Blackout is also a volume that is essential to any understanding of the events of sixty years ago in Florida and their significance for baseball, for Florida, and for America."-Richard Crepeau, Sports Literature Association (Richard Crepeau, Sports Literature Association)Review:" Lamb does an excellent job of setting this pivotal episode in baseball history in the larger context of race relations of the South, providing a number of graphic examples of violence against blacks in order to emphasize the dangerous world that Robinson and Wright were entering when they arrived in Florida as new members of the Montreal Royals, Brooklyn's main minor league team."--Michael Cocchiarale, Aethlon Review:"Lambs detailed and annotated research provides an in-depth examination of an important step in the integration of baseball, a step that, up until now, has not received the coverage it deserves. Of interest both to baseball fans and social historians."-Booklist Review:"[A]n important contribution to American Studies."-Choice (Choice)Review:"Blackout is well written, engaging, and analytically sound. It is a work that belongs in all baseball libraries as well as those on American social history."-Register of the Kentucky Historical Society (William Marshall, Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Jun 18 2007 )Review:Lamb tells what Robinson faced in 1946 in segregated Florida-six weeks that would become a critical juncture for the national pastime and for an American society on the threshold of a civil rights revolution."-Dermot McEvoy, Publishers Weekly (Dermot McEvoy, Publishers Weekly)About the AuthorChris Lamb is an associate professor of media studies at the College of Charleston. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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