Baseball's great experiment
Subtitle: Jackie Robinson and his legacy
By: Jules Tygiel.
Edition: Expanded ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 413
Subjects: Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972; Baseball players -- United States -- Biography; Baseball -- United States -- History; United States -- Race relations
Description: In 1997 the American people will celebrate with great fanfare and publicity the fiftieth anniversary of Jackie Robinson's explosive entrance into major league baseball. Robinson has become a national icon, his name a virtual synonym for pathbreaker. Indeed, much has transpired between this young African-American's first bold strides around the baseball diamonds of a segregated America and General Manager Bob Watson's pride in assembling 1996 World Champion New York Yankees.

Recognizing this monumental event in America's continuing struggle for integration, Jules Tygiel has expanded his highly acclaimed Baseball's Great Experiment. In a new afterword, he addresses the mythology surrounding Robinson's achievements, his overall effect on baseball and other sports, and the enduring legacy that Robinson has left for African Americans and American society.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [393]-398) and index.