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"Jackie Robinson always loved sports, especially baseball. He could run, leap, and throw better than any other kid around. But he lived at a time when the rules weren't fair to African Americans: Even though Jackie was a great athlete, he wasn't allowed on the best teams just because of the color of his skin. Jackie knew that sports were best when everyone, of every color, played together. He became the first black baseball player on a major-league...
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Using an "Everyman" player as his narrator, Kadir Nelson tells the story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through the decline after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947. Illustrations from oil paintings by artist Kadir Nelson.
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Describes Jerry Craft's time with the Wichita Falls/Graham Stars, a baseball team from the West Texas Colored League. Reveals what it was like for a white man to play for a team set apart by race and discusses how his time on the team helped him and his teammates learn about sports and life. Includes black-and-white photographs.
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"Baseball, basketball, football, tennis, track and field -- no matter the game or competition, Jackie Robinson hit it out of the park. His exceptional talents should have easily landed him a career in pro sports. But in the United States in the 1930s and '40s, opportunities like those were closed to athletes like Jackie: his skin was the wrong color. Jackie settled for playing baseball in the Negro Leagues but chafed at being unable to prove himself...
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Examines the lives of Fred Korematsu and Jackie Robinson, both born in 1919, and tracking their unique experiences and how they responded to their struggles and worked to change the world for the better. Includes a timeline showing their lives in parallel, as well as a glossary.