| List of Illustrations |
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vii | |
| Acknowledgments |
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ix | |
| Part 1 |
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1. Fried Chicken and Hard-Boiled Eggs |
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3 | (20) |
| Part 2 |
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2. Jim Crow Baseball Must End |
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23 | (18) |
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3. Rickey and Robinson Challenge Segregated Baseball |
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41 | (18) |
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4. Robinson and Wright Take Their Game to Sanford |
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59 | (22) |
| Part 3 |
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5. Robinson and Wright Flee Sanford by Sundown |
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81 | (20) |
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6. Robinson Takes the Field |
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101 | (16) |
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7. Cheap Talk, Mexican Millionaires, and Eddie Klep |
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117 | (16) |
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8. Lights Out in Deland and Locked Gates in Jacksonville |
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133 | (16) |
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9. Integration Stands Its Ground against Southern Intolerance |
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149 | |
| Part 4 |
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10. Robinson Wins the Day during His First Game in Montreal |
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169 | (16) |
| Notes |
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185 | (24) |
| Bibliography |
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209 | (8) |
| Index |
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217 | |