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Author Jacobson, Steve.

Title Carrying Jackie's torch : the players who integrated baseball-- and America / Steve Jacobson.

Publication Info. Chicago, Ill. : Lawrence Hill Books, [2007]
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 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  796.357 J    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  796.357 JACOBSON    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  796.357 JA    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xxiii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-252) and index.
Contents Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Equal but separate : before Jackie changed everything -- 2. He made his own history : Monte Irvin might have been first -- 3. Second, and second to none : Larry Doby bears the burden with grace -- 4. A closed world opens up : Ed Charles finds there is a chance -- 5. Worse than you imagine : Mudcat Grant dodged the bullets -- 6. Looking back with regret : Ernie Banks was playing baseball -- 7. The pinstripes go black and white : Elston Howard hid the pain -- 8. You know you go in the back door : Alvin Jackson reports to spring training -- 9. I'm no Jackie Robinson : too much bigotry for Charlie Murray -- 10. Recognition 50 years later : Chuck Harmon gets his own street -- 11. Sometimes people live and learn : Maury Wills finds a white ally -- 12. Forever is not too long to wait : Emmett Ashford umpires alone -- 13. Most valuable attitude : Frank Robinson made them better -- 14. The best of them don't always understand : Tommy Davis reminds the Dodgers of their heritage -- 15. Living up to his own image : Bob Gibson overcomes the stereotype -- 16. Joan of Arc of baseball : Curt Flood sacrifices his career -- 17. Breaking that record and bigoted hearts : Henry Aaron sets the record -- 18. What would Jackie do : Dusty Baker finds his answers -- 19. Coping with the ever-present danger : Lou Brock outsmarted the threats -- 20. The only Black in the room : Bob Watson wears a necktie -- 21. Epilogue : We integrated baseball and America followed -- Bibliography -- Index.
Subject African American baseball players -- Biography.
Baseball players -- United States -- Biography.
Discrimination in sports -- United States.
Baseball -- United States -- History.
ISBN 9781556526398
1556526393
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