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1. 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

2. Jackie Robinson: athlete and American par excellence

Author

Henry, Patrick

Subjects
Robinson, Jackie -- Biography, Baseball players -- Biography, Literature/writing, Political science
Abstract

Baseball player Jackie Robinson was born on Jan 31, 1919, in Cairo, GA, the son of sharecroppers and the grandson of a plantation slave. Robinson overcame the stigma of being colored during his time by exuding charisma, self-respect, conviction and courage. He was recognized as one of the greatest competitors in the game, always hungry for a win yet able to gracefully accept defeat.

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. 1947 - 1997: the 50th anniversary of the Jackie Robinson revolution

Subjects
Robinson, Jackie -- Biography, Brooklyn Dodgers -- History, Baseball players -- Biography, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies, General interest, History
Abstract

Before breaking the color barrier in the major leagues in 1947, Jackie Robinson played one year with the Montreal Royals, the Triple-A farm club of the Brooklyn Dodgers. His first [...]

Published
1997

6. Jackie Robinson remembered

Author

Young, A.S. Doc

Subjects
Robinson, Jackie -- Biography, Brooklyn Dodgers -- History, Negro Firsts in Sports (Book), Discrimination in sports -- History -- Excerpts, African American baseball players -- Biography -- Excerpts, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies, General interest, History
Abstract

The bringing of Jackie Robinson into baseball was at once the most controversial sports development of the century, the best-planned sports maneuver in history, and as courageous as matching of [...]

Published
1997

7. Year of torment, year of grace

Author

Ecenbarger, William

Subjects
Baseball (Professional) -- History, Robinson, Jackie -- Biography
Published
1995

8. Thunder in the stands

Author

MacDonald, David

Subjects
Baseball (Professional) -- Personalities, Baseball players -- Biography, Race discrimination -- Analysis, Robinson, Jackie -- Biography
Published
1994

9. A Citizen's View of Presidential Responsibility: Jackie Robinson and Dwight D. Eisenhower

Author

Vernon, John

Subjects
Robinson, Jackie -- Biography, School integration -- History, Civil rights movements -- History, Presidents -- Social policy -- Biography, African American baseball players -- Political activity -- Biography, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies, History, Political activity, Social policy
Abstract

The 1950's was a decade of rapid change in the nation. During this period, baseball great Jackie Robinson and World War II hero Dwight David Eisenhower changed professions. In 1952, [...]

Published
1999

10. THE TRAILBLAZER: JACKIE ROBINSON

Author

CANALE, LARRY

Subjects
African American baseball players -- Biography, Robinson, Jackie -- Biography
Abstract

In 1947, Jackie Robinson took a bold, fearless step into the major leagues, paving the way for African Americans who dreamed of playing our nation's highest caliber of baseball. When […]

Published
2000

11. http://www.nara.gov/education/ teaching/robinson/robmain.html

Author

Kaplan, Paul and Berger, Morey

Subjects
Robinson, Jackie -- Biography, Web sites -- Social aspects, Library and information science, Company Web site/Web page, Social aspects
Abstract

http://www.nara.gov/education/ teaching/robinson/robmain.html The National Archives has key documents concerning Jackie Robinson's post-baseball career as an activist for civil rights. A helpful educator's study guide accompanies the documents. Paul Kaplan, public [...]

Published
2000

12. ESPN's Faulty List

Author

McKissack, Fred

Subjects
Robinson, Jackie -- Biography, Athletes -- Biography, Political science
Abstract

I decided to wait until after the New Year's celebrations before commenting on the worst of the 'Best of' lists: ESPN's top 100 athletes. I like ESPN, and my life [...]

Published
2000

13. How Spring Training Overcame Segregation

Author

Beschloss, Michael

Subjects
Robinson, Jackie -- Biography, Segregation, Baseball players -- Biography, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Brooklyn Dodgers
Abstract

CORRECTION APPENDEDHere, in March 1947, Jackie Robinson, who was vying to become the first African-American in Major League Baseball in the modern era, obliges an autograph seeker during spring training [...]

Published
2015

14. The national pastime finally steps up

Author

Williams, Pat and Sielski, Mike

Subjects
Robinson, Jackie -- Biography, Baseball players -- Biography, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Brooklyn Dodgers -- Officials and employees
Abstract

WHEN JACKIE ROBINSON enrolled at Pasadena Junior College in 1937, his local fame as an athlete grew. As in high school, he played football as a quarterback. Entering track and [...]

Published
2013

15. Yesterday & today

Author

Kemmerer, John

Subjects
Griffey, Ken, Jr. -- Biography, Robinson, Jackie -- Biography, Baseball players -- Biography, Fathers and sons -- Influence, Mothers and sons -- Influence, Education, Literature/writing
Published
2006

17. 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

20. The signing of Jackie Robinson; the untold story

Author

Thorn, John and Tygiel, Jules

Subjects
Brooklyn Dodgers -- History, African American baseball players -- Biography, Baseball players -- Biography, Baseball (Professional) -- History, Robinson, Jackie -- Biography, Rickey, Branch -- Biography
Published
1988

22. Remembering Jackie Robinson

Author

Curvin, Robert

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

23. Each game was a crusade

Author

Harris, Mark

Subjects
Robinson, Jackie -- Biography, Baseball players -- Biography, Arts, visual and performing, General interest
Abstract

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Published
1977

24. Negro League vets get pensions

Author

Limbacher, Patricia B.

Subjects
Robinson, Jackie -- Biography, Pension funds -- Management, Negro leagues -- Finance, Baseball (Professional) -- Finance, African American baseball players -- Finance, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business
Abstract

Major League Baseball will establish a separate pension fund covering players from the Negro Leagues to honor the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson integrating baseball. The approximately 90 living Negro League players failed to qualify for Major League Baseball pension benefits because segregation kept them from amassing the requisite playing time in the big leagues. Each Negro League player who qualifies is expected to receive benefits of between $7,500 and $10,000 annually.

Published
1997

25. The true color of heroism

Author

Chace, Susan

Subjects
African American baseball players -- Biography
Abstract

On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson, wearing his brand-new Brooklyn Dodgers uniform, walked onto Ebbets Field and changed the face of baseball forever. As the first African-American ballplayer signed to […]

Published
1996

27. Jackie Robinson

Author

Lusted, Marcia Amidon

Subjects
Robinson, Jackie -- Biography, Baseball players -- Biography, History
Abstract

Only truly outstanding athletes have their numbers retired at the end of their careers. In 1997, Major League Baseball paid one of its players the ultimate honor: It retired his [...]

Published
2010

28. July 3, 1962

Subjects
Robinson, Jackie -- Biography, African American baseball players -- Biography, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies, General interest
Abstract

Jackie Robinson, the first Black player in modern organized professional baseball, became the first Black player inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY, on this day. [...]

Published
2005

29. Pioneers of the sporting life

Author

Lewis, William S.

Subjects
Chamberlain, Wilt -- Biography, Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem -- Biography, Robinson, Jackie -- Biography, African American athletes -- Biography, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies
Published
1979

31. Three decades later, we realize the madness is still with us

Author

Bruton, Mike

Subjects
Philadelphia Phillies -- Personalities, African American baseball players -- Biography, Discrimination in sports -- History, Allen, Dick -- Biography, Robinson, Jackie -- Biography
Abstract

PHILADELPHIA _ What Jackie Robinson must have endured is beyond imagination. The jeers, the slurs and the threats all descending upon him in a hateful rush with him knowing that […]

Published
1997

32. Let's not forget Branch Rickey

Author

VACCARO<, MIKE

Subjects
Brooklyn Dodgers -- Officials and employees, Baseball (Professional) -- History, Sports team owners -- Biography, African American baseball players -- Biography, Discrimination in sports -- History, Rickey, Branch -- Biography, Robinson, Jackie -- Biography
Abstract

KANSAS CITY, Mo. _ It is an elegant name, melodic and purely American, and could easily have been plucked from the pages of a Mark Twain manuscript. Wesley Branch Rickey. […]

Published
1997

33. 'Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers' shows the way things were

Author

Janusonis, Michael

Subjects
Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers (Video recording) -- Criticism and interpretation, African American athletes -- Behavior, African American baseball players -- Biography, Robinson, Jackie -- Biography
Abstract

No matter that he was a great baseball player and all-around athlete who also excelled in football, basketball and track at college, Jackie Robinson will forever have a firm hold […]

Published
1997

34. Henry Aaron knows some of the pain of Jackie Robinson

Author

Purdy, Mark

Subjects
African American baseball players -- Biography, Discrimination in sports -- History, Aaron, Hank -- Biography, Robinson, Jackie -- Biography
Abstract

The Giants are honoring Jackie Robinson before Saturday's game against Atlanta. One speaker will be Hank Aaron. A cynical Giants fan might wonder why. Aaron never played on the Dodgers […]

Published
1997

35. On day of heroes, Robertson leaves hopsital after giving kidney to daughter

Author

Lyon, Bill

Subjects
African American basketball players -- Behavior, Donation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Personal narratives, African American athletes -- Biography
Abstract

He would come dribbling across midcourt and then begin to turn his body at an angle, shielding the ball. He would lock the player who was guarding him onto his […]

Published
1997

36. 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

37. 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

38. 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

39. 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

40. 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

41. 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

42. 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

43. 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

44. 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

46. Woods' achievement can't be viewed without reference to its racial significance

Author

Smallwood, John

Subjects
Masters Tournament (Golf) -- 1997 AD, Golfers -- Achievements and awards, African American athletes -- Achievements and awards, African American baseball players -- Biography, Robinson, Jackie -- Biography
Abstract

SICKLERVILLE, N.J. _ Michael Daniels always listened when his father told him how the family used to gather in the living room to listen to Joe Louis fights on the […]

Published
1997

47. 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

48. 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

49. Baseball and football have stalled in attempts to improve racial diversity

Author

Martinez, Michael

Subjects
National Football League -- Social policy, African American baseball players -- Biography, African American athletes -- Employment, Coaches (Athletics) -- Employment, Baseball (Professional) -- Social policy, Employment discrimination -- Analysis, Robinson, Jackie -- Biography
Abstract

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Their paths have never crossed. Davey Lopes and Sherman Lewis work in different sports and in different seasons. But they share an unmistakable bond. Lopes and […]

Published
1997

50. 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

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