Title: Jackie's nine : Jackie Robinson's values to live by : courage, determination, teamwork, persistence, integrity, persistence [sic], commitment, excellence /
Authors: Robinson, Sharon, 1950-
Publisher: Scholastic,
Year: 2001
Subjects: Robinson, Jackie,; African American baseball players Biography; African Americans Biography; Conduct of life.
Contents: Courage : In the shadow of your wings -- The meeting / Jules Tygiel -- She walked alone / Daisy Bates -- Determination : The capping ceremony -- Breaking the color barrier / Jackie Robinson -- Still me / Christopher Reeve -- Teamwork : Breaking barriers -- The Colonel from "Old Kaintuck" / Carl Rowan -- Together now! PUSH! / David Robinson -- Persistence : Getting beyond average -- Wait 'til next year / Jackie Robinson -- The great one / Bruce Markusen -- Integrity : Love and war -- The lion at dusk / Roger Kahn -- Old men by the fire / David Remnick -- Citizenship : Jazz and activism -- From the Hall of Fame to Birmingham / Jackie Robinson -- Parents as mentors / Marian Wright Edelman -- Justice : Turned my wailing into dancing -- I never had it made / Jackie Robinson -- A testament of hope / Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Commitment : A father's love -- Jackie's prison / Jackie Robinson -- Making it home / Rachel Robinson -- Excellence : A grand tribute -- Michael Jordan / Bob Greene -- Oprah Winfrey -- Epilogue : Jackie's nine -- Eulogy : A temple of God / Reverend Jesse L. Jackson.