Chamberlin Free Public Library Catalog

Opening day

Eig, Jonathan.

Opening day - New York. Simon & Schuster 9/5/2008 - x, 323 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

World War II had just ended. Democracy had triumphed. Now Americans were beginning to press for justice on the home front--and Jackie Robinson had a chance to lead the way. He was an unlikely hero. He had little experience in organized baseball, his swing was far from graceful, and he was assigned to play a position he had never tried before. But the biggest concern was his temper--Robinson was

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Robinison, Jackie, 1919-1972.
Baseball players -- United States -- Biography.
African American baseball players -- Biography.
Baseball -- United States -- History.

--Discrimination in sports -- United States.