Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Schomburg Children's Collection.

Description

1. xiv, 221 pages: illustration; 24 cm.

Summary

1. "A comprehensive account of Jackie Robinson's life and career, focusing on the events surrounding the shattering of the "color barrier" in Major League Baseball. Discusses his life after baseball, his influential position in the civil rights movement, and his enduring legacy as a racial pioneer. Includes biographies, primary sources, and more"--Provided by publisher.

Series statement

1. Defining moments

Uniform title

1. Defining moments.

Subject

1. Discrimination in sports > United States > History
2. African American baseball players > Biography > Juvenile literature
3. Baseball > United States > History
4. Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 > Juvenile literature
5. Baseball players > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature
6. Racism in sports > United States > History

Call number

1. Sc E 13-1146

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-211) and index.

Author

1. Hillstrom, Laurie Collier, 1965-

Title

1. Jackie Robinson and the integration of baseball / by Laurie Collier Hillstrom.

Publisher

1. Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, Inc., 2013.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Series

1. Defining moments
2. Defining moments.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-211) and index.

Added author

1. Schomburg Children's Collection.

LCCN

1. 2012048878

ISBN

1. 9780780813274 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2. 0780813278 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Research call number

1. Sc E 13-1146