| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 239 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Washington Mews Books ; 9 |
| Contents |
Foreword : taking Jackie Robinson seriously / Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon -- Introduction : that day / Michael G. Long -- The owner / Howard Bryant -- A Methodist life / Randal Jelks -- Jackie Robinson ball / George Vecsey -- Telling it the right way / Jonathan Eig -- A champion of nonviolence? / Mark Kurlansky -- The white media missed it / Chris Lamb -- On retiring 42 / David Naze -- Before the world failed him / Sridhar Pappu -- The dilemma of the Black Republican / Gerald Early -- "I've got to be me" : Robinson and the long Black freedom struggle / Yohuru Williams -- The first famous jock for justice / Peter Dreier -- Supporting Black women athletes / Amira Rose Davis -- The challenges of a gay Jackie Robinson / Adam Amal Rogers -- Afterword : the legacy of perfection / Kevin Merida |
| Summary |
""42 Today" is an exploration of Jackie Robinson and his legacy"-- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
"A Washington Mews Book"--Title page |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 24, 2021) |
| Subject |
Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972.
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Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 -- Influence
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| SUBJECT |
Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 fast |
| Subject |
African American baseball players -- Biography
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Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / Essays & Writings.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports.
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African American baseball players
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Discrimination in sports
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Race relations
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
collective biographies.
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Long, Michael G., editor
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| LC no. |
2020015027 |
| ISBN |
9781479805617 |
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1479805610 |
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9781479805631 |
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1479805637 |
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