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ISBN-10: 1479825956
ISBN-13: 9781479825950
Publisher: New York University Press
Publish Date: 02/28/2023
Dimensions: 8.90" L, 6.00" W, 0.70" H

42 Today: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy

Foreword by: Ken Burns
Foreword by: Sarah Burns
Foreword by: David McMahon
Afterword by: Kevin Merida

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Explores Jackie Robinson’s compelling and complicated legacy

Before the United States Supreme Court ruled against segregation in public schools, and before Rosa Parks refused to surrender her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, Jackie Robinson walked onto the diamond on April 15, 1947, as first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers, making history as the first African American to integrate Major League Baseball in the twentieth century. Today a national icon, Robinson was a complicated man who navigated an even more complicated world that both celebrated and despised him.

Many are familiar with Robinson as a baseball hero. Few, however, know of the inner turmoil that came with his historic status. Featuring piercing essays from a range of distinguished sportswriters, cultural critics, and scholars, this book explores Robinson’s perspectives and legacies on civil rights, sports, faith, youth, and nonviolence, while providing rare glimpses into the struggles and strength of one of the nation’s most athletically gifted and politically significant citizens. Featuring a foreword by celebrated directors and producers Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon, this volume recasts Jackie Robinson’s legacy and establishes how he set a precedent for future civil rights activism, from Black Lives Matter to Colin Kaepernick.

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"[Michael] Long and his contributors attempt to separate the man from the myth and show how his influence continues to extend ...These pieces embody all of what made Robinson special, assessing him through many different lenses...give[s] a towering cultural figure his due beyond the baselines.""– "Kirkus Reviews (starred)"
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Details

ISBN-10: 1479825956
ISBN-13: 9781479825950
Publisher: New York University Press
Publish Date: 02/28/2023
Dimensions: 8.90" L, 6.00" W, 0.70" H
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