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Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press, c2004. |
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0803229569 (cloth : alk. paper) 0803280475 (pbk.) |
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796.357 Robinson LAM |
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| Physical description: |
xii, 226 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
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Baseball players -- United States -- Biography.
Discrimination in sports -- United States.
Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-216) and index. |
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Fried Chicken and Hard-boiled Eggs -- Jim Crow Baseball Must End -- Rickey and Robinson Challenge Segregated Baseball -- Robinson and Wright Take Their Game to Sanford -- Robinson and Wright Flee Sanford by Sundown -- Robinson Takes the Field -- Cheap Talk, Mexican Millionaires, and Eddie Klep -- Lights Out in Deland and Locked Gates in Jacksonville -- Integration Stands Its Ground against Southern Intolerance -- Robinson Wins the Day during His First Game in Montreal. |
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