The Story of Jackie Robinson

Reducere. Chronicles the spectacular career of Jackie Robinson, both on and off the baseball diamond, as the Dodger outfielder became the first Black player ...

Reducere. Discover the life of Jackie Robinson--a story about breaking down barriers for kids ages 6 to 9 Jackie Robinson was the first Black Major League Ba...

Reducere. This bestselling account of the most important season in baseball history, 1947, tells the dramatic story of how Jackie Robinson broke the color ba...

Reducere. If there was ever a place in America where a city and its baseball team were as close as family, it was Brooklyn. The legacy of this relationship c...

Reducere. DescriptionIf there was ever a place in America where a city and its baseball team were as close as family, it was Brooklyn. The legacy of this rel...

Reducere. Long Live The King Before Chadwick Boseman gained worldwide notoriety and recognition for playing T'Challa, the King of the fictional African natio...

Reducere. As the first African American player in major league base-ball, Jackie Robinson had the eyes of the nation upon him. The pressure was incredible; n...

Reducere. As the first African American player in major league base-ball, Jackie Robinson had the eyes of the nation upon him. The pressure was incredible; n...

Reducere. For most of the first half of the twentieth century, African-Americans were excluded from Organized Baseball. But their love of the game, and their...

Reducere. In the history of the St. Louis Cardinals, one figure towers above all, despite never pitching an inning or taking an at-bat for the team. For deca...

The only book-length account of the life of Wendell Scott, the one-time moonshine runner who broke the color barrier in stock-car racing in 1952 an...

Reducere. A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK - A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR NAMED A BEST OF THE YEAR BY: NPR, TIME, ESQUIRE, T...

Reducere. DescriptionThe year was 1947. A talented young minor-league baseball player was called up to the majors to join the Brooklyn Dodgers. But this was ...

Reducere. The unbelievable yet true story of how an eight-year-old white kid from Sheboygan, Wisconsin, met the legendary Jackie Robinson in 1954--and how th...

From one of the English language's great writers. Revisiting her beloved characters, Jack joins Gilead, winner of the Pulitzer; Home, winner of the...

From one of the English language's great writers. Revisiting her beloved characters, Jack joins Gilead, winner of the Pulitzer; Home, winner of the...

Reducere. The extraordinary life of Jackie Robinson is illuminated as never before in this full-scale biography by Arnold Rampersad, who was chosen by Jack's...

Reducere. This is the moving story of how Jackie Robinson became the first black player on a Major League baseball team when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers i...

Reducere. Perfect for Black History Month and sports fans! Independent readers will be inspired by the story of this barrier-breaking baseball player. Now av...

Reducere. As star players for the 1955 World Champion Brooklyn Dodgers, and prior to that as the first black players to be candidates to break professional b...

Reducere. Brooklyn, 1947. The war veterans have come home. Jackie Robinson is about to become a Dodger. And in one close-knit working-class neighborhood, an ...

Reducere. A striking and honest portrait of a man overcoming racism in a place that barely acknowledged its existence. --Publishers Weekly Bill Garrett was t...

Davy Crockett, the King of the Wild Frontier, is a man of legend. He is said to have killed his first bear when he was three years old. His smile a...

Reducere. Motivated by her love for the game and inspired by the legendary Jackie Robinson, Mamie Johnson is determined to be a professional baseball pitcher...

Reducere. "We are the ship; all else the sea."-Rube Foster, founder of the Negro National League The story of Negro League baseball is the story of gifted at...

DescriptionThe history of sports and race is messy. In baseball Jackie Robinson is universally touted as the first black major league player, which...

Award NameALA Notable BooksAward categoryPoetryRon Koertge wants to do nothing but delight. Armed with his trademark wit, he introduces readers to ...

Reducere. Oscar Micheaux was the Jackie Robinson of film, the black D. W. Griffith--a bigger-than-life American folk hero whose important life story has been...

A graphic novel-style history of baseball, providing an illustrated look at the major games, players, and rule changes that shaped the sport. This ...

DescriptionA brilliant, lively account of the Black Renaissance that burst forth in Pittsburgh from the 1920s through the 1950s--"Smoketown will ap...

Reducere. This first exhaustive history of the Negro leagues sheds new light and delves deeper than any previous work. Find out how black fans came to cheris...

Bring history home and meet some of the world's greatest game changers! Get inspired by the true story of a famous scientist who changed our unders...

Reducere. Although largely ignored by historians of both baseball in general and the Negro leagues in particular, Latinos have been a significant presence in...

Reducere. From martyr to insult, how "Uncle Tom" has influenced two centuries of racial politics. Jackie Robinson, President Barack Obama, Supreme Court Just...

Reducere. In this lively and engaging book, Bruce W. Dearstyne presents New York State history through an exploration of nineteen dramatic events. From the l...

Bring history home and meet some of the world's greatest game changers Get inspired by the true story of the author of Harry Potter--the bestsellin...

DescriptionA little known civil rights hero and college football MVP finally gets a voice in this fictional account detailing Chester Pierce's game...

The unknown story of the Black pioneers who collectively changed the face of the NFL in 1946. THE FORGOTTEN FIRST chronicles the lives of four incr...

Reducere. Before Jackie Robinson ever donned a Dodger uniform - there was Tom Bass. Before Rosa Parks ever demanded a seat in the front of the bus - there wa...

A new and updated edition of the picture book about the woman called The Jackie Robinson of tennis. Although stars like Serena Williams cite Althea...

Reducere. Acclaimed author Shana Corey and New York Times Best Illustrated, Caldecott Honor, and Coretta Scott King Honor-winning artist R. Gregory Christie ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe 50 most historically significant games of baseball's first all-professional team Choosing the 50 greatest games is hard to do; ranki...

Reducere. Family is family, no matter what it looks like. Readers will cheer for this pitch-perfect story, just right for fans of such books as The Great Gil...