Promises to keep:how Jackie Robinson changed America
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Published: |
Scholastic Press,
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Publisher Address: | New York |
Publication Dates: | c2004. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | 64 p.: ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm. |
ISBN: |
0439425921 9780439425926 |
Index Number: | K837 |
CLC: | K837.125.47-49 |
Call Number: | K837.125.47-49/R662R |
Contents: |
Includes index. A black and white world -- Signs of hope -- A determined pair -- 1945: a changing world -- Why my father? -- Play ball! -- A civil rights champion -- Jackie Robinson's legacy. Introduction -- Black and white world -- Signs of hope -- Determined pair -- 1945: Changing world -- Why my father? -- Play ball! -- Civil rights champion -- Jackie Robinson's legacy. A biography of baseball legend Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play in the major leagues, as told by his daughter. |