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Author
Publisher
Sandpiper/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Presents the inspiring stories of baseball players who overcame obstacles in the course of their careers due to race, religion, ethnicity, or gender, including Jackie Robinson, Hank Greenburg, Fernando Valenzuela, and Ila Borders.
Author
Series
Publisher
ABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Jackie Robinson: A Life in American History provides readers with an understanding of the scope of Robinson's life and explores why no Major League baseball player will ever again wear number 42 as his regular jersey number"--
Author
Publisher
Rockridge Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Jackie Robinson was the first Black Major League Baseball player and an important civil rights leader. Before he made history as a pioneer in sports, Jackie was a hardworking kid who loved to play all kinds of ball games. When Jackie was growing up, Black and white sports players in the United States were not treated the same way. Jackie used his amazing baseball talent to help bring all players together and work toward ending the unfair treatment...
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