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Rickey and Robinson: The Men Who Broke Baseball's Color Barrier

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Blending exclusive interviews with Rachel Robinson, Mack Robinson (Jackie's brother), Hall of Famers Monte Irvin, Duke Snider, Pee Wee Reese, Roy Campanella, Ralph Kiner and others, celebrated author Harvey Frommer evokes the lives of Brooklyn Dodgers manager Branch Rickey and heralded baseball player Jackie Robinson to describe how they worked together to shatter baseball's color line. Rickey and Robinson is a dual biography tracing the convergence of the lives of two of baseball's most influential individuals in a special moment in sports and cultural history. To this day, their bravery and determination continues to shape the sociological perspectives of the sports world. Now in a new paperback edition

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This book is a dual biography tracing the convergence of the lives of two of baseball's most influential individuals in a special moment in sports and cultural history. 14 photos.
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ISBN:
9780878333127
Foreword:
Irvin, Monte
Publisher:
Taylor Trade Publishing
Foreword by:
Irvin, Monte
Foreword:
Irvin, Monte
Author:
Frommer, Harvey
Location:
Lanham, Md.
Subject:
People of Color
Subject:
Biography
Subject:
History
Subject:
Baseball players
Subject:
Baseball - General
Subject:
Baseball
Subject:
Sports - Baseball
Subject:
Discrimination in sports
Subject:
Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor
Subject:
United States - State & Local - General
Subject:
cultural heritage
Subject:
Baseball players -- United States.
Subject:
Rickey, Branch
Edition Description:
1st Taylor Trade pbk. ed.
Series Volume:
GTR-575
Publication Date:
January 2003
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
264
Dimensions:
8.32x6.40x.62 in. .68 lbs.
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