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1 online resource. |
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Front Cover; Copyright ; Dedication ; Table of 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. |
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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. |
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16. Joan of Arc of Baseball: Curt Flood Sacrifi ces 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. |
| Summary |
Jackie Robinson's signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 opened the door for black ballplayers in the major leagues and was a landmark in civil rights in the United States. For the first time, whites were spurred to identify with blacks on the playing field. But the racial barriers that had been the culture of baseball for half a century did not come down so easily. This revelatory chronicle illuminates the real and painful struggles of the black players who followed Jackie Robinson into the major and minor leagues from 1947 through 1968. Some went on to Hall of Fame careers, while others have been nearly forgotten, but they all played a pivotal role in the agonizing struggle to integrate America--a role that has gone largely unsung until now. Carrying Jackie's Torch collects the personal and heartrending accounts of the racism--mixed with a begrudged appreciation for their tremendous talents--these players encountered both on and off the field. Larry Doby talks about the burden of coming second--he joined Bill Veeck's Cleveland Indians only 11 weeks after Robinson broke the color barrier. Four of his teammates refused to shake his hand. Frank Robinson shares how it felt to lead the Cincinnati Reds to the 1961 pennant only to be denied entrance to the club hosting the team's post-game party. Alvin Jackson explains why, after years of enduring insults, he finally yelled back at a white woman who screamed slurs from the stands. Author Steve Jacobson draws from his nearly half-century of sports reporting to celebrate the remarkable skill these 20 athletes displayed on the field and the significant role baseball--America's game--played in tearing down the walls of segregation. |
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Requires Boundless App. |
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Sports.
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African American baseball players -- Biography.
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Baseball players -- United States -- Biography.
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Discrimination in sports -- United States.
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Baseball -- United States -- History.
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Electronic books.
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| ISBN |
9781569763889 |
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