Jackie Robinson
Subtitle: baseball great & civil rights activist
By: by Charles E. Pederson.
Series: Essential lives
Publisher: ABDO; ABDO Publishing Company
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Edina, Minn
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781604535266
Subjects: Robinson, Jackie, -- 1919-1972; African American baseball players -- Biography; Baseball players -- United States -- Biography; Baseball -- United States -- History; United States -- Race relations
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Breaking the color barrier; title: Life in Georgia; title: California and its challenges; title: Growing up and getting out; title: Jack enters a world at war; title: The negro leagues; title: In the minors; title: -and the majors; title: On his own; title: A sort of retirement; title: Death and legacy.