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1. Dodgers legend also was human rights icon

Author

Benbow, Dana Hunsinger

Subjects
Erskine, Carl, Baseball players -- Biography, Human rights workers -- Biography, News, opinion and commentary, Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities
Abstract

Byline: Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, USA TODAY Network Carl Erskine, a fierce fighter for human rights and All-Star for the Brooklyn Dodgers who pitched one of the greatest [...]

Published
2024

2. 1947: Jackie Robinson integrates baseball: long before the civil rights movement took center stage, baseball's color barrier fell when Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers

Author

Bilyeu, Suzanne

Subjects
Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities, Baseball (Professional) -- Demographic aspects, Baseball (Professional) -- History
Abstract

On April 15, 1947, an unusually chilly day in New York, a large crowd gathered at Ebbets Field for the Brooklyn Dodgers' opening-day game against the Boston Braves. Like any […]

Published
2007

3. The other Jackie Robinson

Author

Hyman, Stanley Edgar

Subjects
Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities, African American baseball players -- Biography, Chock Full O'Nuts Corp. -- Officials and employees -- 00301660
Published
1997

4. Crossing the bar

Author

Deford, Frank

Subjects
Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities, African American baseball players -- Biography, Discrimination in sports -- History, Robinson, Jackie -- Biography
Published
1997

5. Mr. Rickey has his way

Author

Turner, Marlene E. and Pratkanis, Anthony R.

Subjects
Baseball teams -- Management, Discrimination in sports -- History, Affirmative action -- Management, Business, Business, general, Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities
Abstract

Branch Rickey is best remembered as the Brooklyn Dodgers president who helped usher in the era of integrated baseball when he signed up African-American player Jackie Robinson in 1947. Rickey's decision to go ahead with Robinson's controversial sign-up despite opposition from players and fans alike is today considered to be not just a landmark event in the desegregation of American sports, but perhaps the first widely documented example of affirmative action. A reexamination of Rickey's handling of the 1947 Robinson sign-up provides a valuable list of pointers that could serve as a tutorial for contemporary managers faced with the problem of implementing affirmative action programs aimed at removing discriminatory barriers. Among these are such principles as the countering of perceptions of unfair selection, the breaking of stereotypes, and the establishment of equal-status contact.

Published
1994

6. Still pitching

Author

Johnson, J. Douglas

Subjects
Indiana -- Services, Star Financial Bank -- Management, Banking industry -- Management, Baseball players -- Behavior, Business, Business, regional, Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities, Indiana Bankers Association -- Management
Published
1991

7. Side by side

Author

Fimrite, Ron

Subjects
Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities, Baseball (Professional) -- History, Home runs (Baseball) -- Personal narratives
Published
1991

9. Artful Dodgers

Author

Denby, David

Subjects
42 (Motion picture), Baseball players -- Portrayals, General interest, Literature/writing, News, opinion and commentary, Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities
Abstract

Jackie Robinson had a heart-stopping way of taking a lead off third base. He didn't drift a few feet off the bag and wait for the pitch, as most runners [...]

Published
2013

10. Burns' 'Jackie Robinson' looks far beyond baseball

Author

Keveney, Bill

Subjects
Baseball players -- Portrayals -- Appreciation, News, opinion and commentary, Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities
Abstract

Byline: Bill Keveney, USA TODAY Jackie Robinson was not the best baseball player who ever lived, but renowned filmmaker Ken Burns makes a strong argument that he was the most [...]

Published
2016

11. Farewell

Author

Bechtel, Mark

Subjects
Washington Redskins -- Personalities, Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities, Football players -- Biography, Baseball players -- Biography, Basketball coaches -- Biography
Published
2008

12. Tom Knight, 89; Knew It All About Brooklyn Baseball

Author

Weber, Bruce

Subjects
Knight, Tom, Historians -- Biography, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities
Abstract

As decades pass, fans of the Brooklyn Dodgers, perhaps the most fervidly nostalgic partisans in the history of sports, are growing fewer and fewer. The 2016 baseball season, now getting [...]

Published
2016

13. Greatest Moment

Subjects
Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities, Baseball players -- Achievements and awards
Published
2004

14. Jackie Robinson

Author

Doyel, Gregg

Subjects
Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities, Athletes -- Evaluation
Abstract

HE TRIED TO BE LIKE OTHER HUSBANDS, other fathers. He tried not to take his work home. But it was hard, you know? More so than even the president, Jackie […]

Published
1999

15. Rachel Robinson Recalls How The Late Pee Wee Reese Helped Jackie Robinson Integrate Baseball

Subjects
Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities, Baseball players -- Behavior, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies, General interest, Behavior, Personalities
Abstract

Rachel Robinson, widow of baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson, was among the mourners who attended the funeral of baseball great Pee Wee Reese and recalled his role in the integration of [...]

Published
1999

16. An artist at life

Author

Kindred, Dave

Subjects
Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities, Baseball players -- Biography, Reese, Pee Wee -- Biography
Abstract

When the world was young, the telephone rang in The Louisville Courier-Journal's sports department. An agitated woman asked to speak to Pee Wee Reese right this second. Someone said, "Ma'am, […]

Published
1999

18. Jackie Robinson

Author

Halberstam, David

Subjects
Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum -- Membership, African American baseball players -- Biography, Baseball players -- Biography, Robinson, Jackie -- Biography
Published
1986

19. The men who changed baseball

Author

Peterson, Robert W.

Subjects
Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities, African American athletes -- Achievements and awards, Baseball players -- Achievements and awards, Baseball -- History, Robinson, Jackie -- Achievements and awards
Published
1982

20. Other 'Babe' was more than a comedian

Author

Madden, Bill

Subjects
Herman, Babe -- Biography, Baseball players -- Biography, Sports and fitness, Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities
Published
1979

22. Remembering Jackie Robinson

Author

Curvin, Robert

Subjects
Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities, African American athletes -- Biography, Baseball players -- Biography, Robinson, Jackie -- Biography
Published
1982

23. Campy's unforgettable courage

Author

Rusk, Howard A.

Subjects
Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities, Catchers (Baseball) -- Biography, Campanella, Roy -- Biography
Published
1978

24. He was robbed

Subjects
Baseball players -- Appreciation, Business, Business, general, Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities
Published
2003

25. A man for all seasons

Subjects
Baseball players -- Appreciation, Business, Business, general, Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum -- Membership
Published
2003

26. Jim Hughes, 78, relief pitcher who set Dodger mark for saves

Author

Goldstein, Richard

Subjects
Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities, Hughes, Jim, Pitchers (Baseball)
Abstract

Jim Hughes, a hard-throwing relief pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers of the 1950's who set a franchise record for saves that endured for 35 years, died Monday in Worth, Ill. […]

Published
2001

27. Gil Hodges: he's no Michael Jordan

Author

McGurn, William

Subjects
Hodges, Gil -- Biography, Heroes -- Behavior, Baseball managers -- Behavior, Baseball players -- Biography, Business, Business, general, New York Mets -- Officials and employees, Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities
Published
1999

29. Dodger blue

Subjects
Los Angeles Dodgers -- Personalities, Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities, Baseball players -- Appreciation
Published
1993

33. Major league baseball honors Jackie Robinson

Author

Donnellon, Sam

Subjects
Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities, Baseball (Professional) -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, African American baseball players -- Biography, African American athletes -- Achievements and awards, Discrimination in sports -- History, Robinson, Jackie -- Biography
Abstract

NEW YORK _ People use history for several things. They use it to justify. They use it to condemn. If they're smart, if they try to enjoin the past with […]

Published
1997

34. Reserve Kirby the only black player with Dodgers

Author

Donnellon, Sam

Subjects
Los Angeles Dodgers -- Personalities, Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities, African American baseball players -- Management, African American athletes -- Biography, Discrimination in sports -- History, Baseball (Professional) -- Social policy, Robinson, Jackie -- Biography
Abstract

NEW YORK _ Fifty years later, the irony is not lost on Wayne Kirby. As baseball paid tribute to Jackie Robinson Tuesday night, the Los Angeles Dodgers' reserve outfielder was […]

Published
1997

35. Baseball and black America have grown apart

Author

Smallwood, John

Subjects
Los Angeles Dodgers -- Personalities, Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities, Baseball (Professional) -- Social policy, African American baseball players -- Management, African American athletes -- Biography, Discrimination in sports -- History, Robinson, Jackie -- Biography
Abstract

NEW YORK _ This was too easy. The irony of this was too precious. On the night major league baseball celebrated the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking baseball's color […]

Published
1997

36. In Robinson's hometown, residents will erect life-size statue of him

Author

Ensley, Gerald

Subjects
Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities, African American baseball players -- Biography, African American athletes, Discrimination in sports -- History, Racism -- History, Robinson, Jackie -- Biography
Abstract

CAIRO, Ga. _ You drive five miles southwest from town on State Road 111, past farms and nurseries. Just past the fourth bridge, you turn and go one mile southeast. […]

Published
1997

37. Jackie Robinson story one of triumph and inspiration

Author

Holtzclaw, Mike

Subjects
Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities, African American baseball players -- Biography, African American athletes -- Achievements and awards, Discrimination in sports -- History, Racism -- History, Robinson, Jackie -- Biography
Abstract

Back then, the nation revolved around baseball. Far from its comparable irrelevance today, the sport was a bellwether; when baseball sneezed, America caught cold. That's why Jackie Robinson changed more […]

Published
1997

38. Remember what Tiger Woods is -- and is not

Author

Robertson, Linda

Subjects
Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities, Masters Tournament (Golf) -- 1997 AD, Golfers -- Achievements and awards, African American baseball players -- Biography, African American athletes -- Achievements and awards, Discrimination in sports -- History, Racism -- History, Robinson, Jackie -- Biography
Abstract

MIAMI - Tiger Woods won The Masters on Sunday and was saluted with such reverential rhetoric that you would have thought his stroll down the 18th fairway was comparable to […]

Published
1997

39. Jackie Robinson changed your world by playing a game

Author

Killion, Ann

Subjects
Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities, African American baseball players -- Biography, African American athletes -- Achievements and awards, Discrimination in sports -- History, African Americans -- Behavior, Racism -- History, Robinson, Jackie -- Biography
Abstract

SAN JOSE, Calif. _ As you go about your life on Tuesday _ when you drop your kids off at school, lift weights at the gym or sit in a […]

Published
1997

40. The anniversary: Why all should care

Author

Albom, Mitch

Subjects
Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities, African American baseball players -- Biography, African American athletes -- Achievements and awards, Discrimination in sports -- History, Racism -- History, Robinson, Jackie -- Biography
Abstract

DETROIT - 'Robinson, I need a man that will take abuse and insults. If some guy slides into you and calls you a black so-and-so, you'd come up swinging. And […]

Published
1997

41. 1950 Jackie Robinson film a trail blazer

Author

Leddy, Bob

Subjects
Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities, The Jackie Robinson Story (Motion picture) -- Criticism and interpretation, African American baseball players -- Biography, African American athletes -- Achievements and awards, Discrimination in sports -- History, Robinson, Jackie -- Biography
Abstract

PROVIDENCE -- The golden anniversary of Jackie Robinson's breaking the color barrier in major league baseball has to include mention of the 1950 film The Jackie Robinson Story, in which […]

Published
1997

43. Beyond the Jackie Robinson celebration, there is still much work to be done

Author

Peterson, Gary

Subjects
Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities, African American baseball players -- Biography, African American athletes -- Employment, Coaches (Athletics) -- Employment, Baseball (Professional) -- Social policy, Robinson, Jackie -- Biography
Abstract

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, Jackie. How are things with you? Everybody here and by here, I mean Bud Selig's happy little kingdom is feeling pretty good about themselves. They're knocking themselves out […]

Published
1997

44. Frank Robinson and Jackie Robinson are forever linked

Author

Chi, Victor

Subjects
Cincinnati Reds -- Personalities, Baltimore Orioles -- Officials and employees, San Francisco Giants -- Officials and employees, Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities, African American baseball players -- Biography, African American baseball managers -- Biography, Baseball (Professional) -- Social policy, Robinson, Jackie -- Biography, Robinson, Frank -- Biography
Abstract

SAN JOSE, Calif. - They are linked by surname, by the calendar and by pioneering achievement. As Terry Cashman sang in his nostalgic 'Talkin' Baseball: Willie, Mickey and The Duke,' […]

Published
1997

45. Enos Slaughter's rebuttal: Cardinals' great decries claim that he tried to harm Jackie Robinson

Author

Olson, Stan

Subjects
Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities, St. Louis Cardinals -- Personalities, African American baseball players -- Biography, African American athletes -- Evaluation, Baseball players -- Behavior, Robinson, Jackie -- Biography
Abstract

When Jackie Robinson reached the major leagues with the Brooklyn Dodgers in the spring of 1947, he was constantly abused by opposing players and taunted by fans. Some members of […]

Published
1997

46. Other pioneers came before and after Robinson

Author

Coffey, Wayne

Subjects
Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities, National Hockey League -- History, National Basketball Association -- History, National Football League -- History, African American baseball players -- Biography, African American athletes -- Biography, Golf -- History, Tennis -- History, Robinson, Jackie -- Biography
Published
1997

47. Robinsons are seldom seen today in sports, although they are needed

Author

Cyphers, Luke

Subjects
National Football League -- Social policy, Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities, African American baseball players -- Biography, African American athletes -- Employment, Race relations -- Analysis, Sports franchises -- Employment, Baseball (Professional) -- Social policy, Employment discrimination -- Analysis, Robinson, Jackie -- Biography
Published
1997

48. Watson, only black GM, says Robinson's feat hasn't brought real change

Author

Giannone, John

Subjects
Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities, New York Yankees -- Officials and employees, African American baseball players -- Biography, African Americans in business -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Race relations -- Analysis, Discrimination in sports -- Analysis, Robinson, Jackie -- Biography
Published
1997

49. Robinson died having never made peace with baseball

Author

Bondy, Filip

Subjects
Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities, African American baseball players -- Biography, Baseball (Professional) -- Social policy, Discrimination in sports -- History, Robinson, Jackie -- Biography
Published
1997

50. Robinson was the politically correct choice to break baseball's color line

Author

Clay, Gregory

Subjects
Brooklyn Dodgers -- Personalities, African American baseball players -- Biography, Discrimination in sports -- History, Robinson, Jackie -- Biography
Abstract

Though it may seem somewhat oxymoronic for the era, major-league baseball had its own version of Political Correctness in the late 1940s. Jackie Robinson was the PC choice for Branch […]

Published
1997

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