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Opening day the story of Jackie Robinson's first season

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World War II had just ended. Democracy had triumphed. Now Americans were beginning to press for justice on the home front--and Jackie Robinson had a chance to lead the way. He was an unlikely hero. He had little experience in organized baseball, his swing was far from graceful, and he was assigned t...

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Main Author: Eig, Jonathan
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, c2007.
Subjects:
Robinson, Jackie, > 1919-1972.
Baseball players > Biography.
African American baseball players > Biography.
Baseball > United States > History.
Discrimination in sports
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Table of Contents:
  • Jack Roosevelt Robinson
  • "Some good colored players"
  • The uprising
  • Opening day
  • Up in Harlem
  • Praying for base hits
  • Cardinal sins
  • The great road trip
  • Tearing up the pea patch
  • Pee Wee's embrace
  • The glorious crusade
  • "A smile of almost painful joy"
  • Up and down MacDonough Street
  • A real gone guy
  • A good thing for everybody
  • The poison pen
  • The unbeatable Yanks
  • Dixie Walker's dilemma
  • The footsteps of Enos 'Country' Slaughter
  • Shadow dancing
  • "We aren't afraid"
  • "And the World Series is over."

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