Jackie Robinson: A Biography

by Mary Kay Linge

Book Overview

When the Brooklyn Dodgers recruited Jackie Robinson from the Negro Leagues' Kansas City Monarchs in 1947, it marked a turning point both in baseball and civil rights history. Robinson became the first African American to play in the Major Leagues, and in doing so, led generations of black players into the previously all-white world of professional baseball. As one of the greatest players professional baseball has ever seen, Robinson fought fiercely...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313338280
• ISBN13: 9780313338281
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"