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42 today : Jackie Robinson and his legacy / edited by Michael G. Long ; foreword by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon ; afterword by Kevin Merida.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: Washington mews booksPublisher: New York : New York University Press, 2021Description: xiv, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781479825950 (pbk)
  • 1479825956 (pbk)
Other title:
  • Forty-two today
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: 42 todayDDC classification:
  • 796.357092
LOC classification:
  • GV 865 R662f 2021
Contents:
Foreword : taking Jackie Robinson seriously / Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon -- Introduction : that day / Michael G. Long -- The owner / Howard Bryant -- A Methodist life / Randal Jelks -- Jackie Robinson ball / George Vecsey -- Telling it the right way / Jonathan Eig -- A champion of nonviolence? / Mark Kurlansky -- The white media missed it / Chris Lamb -- On retiring 42 / David Naze -- Before the world failed him / Sridhar Pappu -- The dilemma of the Black Republican / Gerald Early -- "I've got to be me" : Robinson and the long Black freedom struggle / Yohuru Williams -- The first famous jock for justice / Peter Dreier -- Supporting Black women athletes / Amira Rose Davis -- The challenges of a gay Jackie Robinson / Adam Amal Rogers -- Afterword : the legacy of perfection / Kevin Merida.
Summary: ""42 Today" is an exploration of Jackie Robinson and his legacy"-- Provided by publisher.
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Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) GV 865 R662f 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000183762

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword : taking Jackie Robinson seriously / Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon -- Introduction : that day / Michael G. Long -- The owner / Howard Bryant -- A Methodist life / Randal Jelks -- Jackie Robinson ball / George Vecsey -- Telling it the right way / Jonathan Eig -- A champion of nonviolence? / Mark Kurlansky -- The white media missed it / Chris Lamb -- On retiring 42 / David Naze -- Before the world failed him / Sridhar Pappu -- The dilemma of the Black Republican / Gerald Early -- "I've got to be me" : Robinson and the long Black freedom struggle / Yohuru Williams -- The first famous jock for justice / Peter Dreier -- Supporting Black women athletes / Amira Rose Davis -- The challenges of a gay Jackie Robinson / Adam Amal Rogers -- Afterword : the legacy of perfection / Kevin Merida.

""42 Today" is an exploration of Jackie Robinson and his legacy"-- Provided by publisher.

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