<I>I Never Had It Made</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1972
name: label: Written by
content: Jackie Robinson, American, 1919 - 1972
label: Written by
content: Alfred A. Duckett, American, born 1917
label: Published by
content: G. P. Putnam's Sons, American, 1838 - 1996
notes: label: Description
content: A hardcover book (a) with original dust jacket (b) of the autobiography by Jackie Robinson, I Never Had It Made. The hardback book is clothbound in solid, dark blue book cloth. In the bottom right corner of the front cover are the initials “J.R.”, stamped in gold foil. Aligned horizontally along the spine is large, stamped gold foil text of the book title [I Never Had It Made], authors [Jackie Robinson as told to Alfred Duckett], and publisher [Putnam]. The interior pages feature black ink on white pages and include a foreword with the final numbered page at 287. The printed paper book jacket features a grey and navy colored background with large white text on the front that reads JACKIE / ROBINSON / An Autobiography / I / NEVER / HAD / IT / MADE / AS TOLD TO ALFRED DUCKETT]. The spine repeats the book title in white text over a navy-colored banner, with the publisher’s name at the bottom in bright yellow text. The jacket flaps are white with black text summaries about Robinson. The back jacket cover has a full page of quotes from Robinson printed in black on a white background.
place: label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Athletes
label: Topic
content: Baseball
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Sports
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2025.41ab
objectType: label: Type
content: book jackets
label: Type
content: autobiographies
label: Type
content: hardcover books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 1972 by Jackie Robinson and Alfred Duckett
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper with book cloth
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (book, closed): 8 9/16 × 6 × 1 5/16 in. (21.7 × 15.3 × 3.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (jacket, open): 8 9/16 × 12 3/4 in. (21.7 × 32.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (jacket, closed): 8 9/16 × 6 in. (21.7 × 15.3 cm)