42 Today : : Jackie Robinson and His Legacy / / ed. by Michael G. Long.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English
• MitwirkendeR: Bryant, Howard,; Burns, Ken,; Burns, Sarah,; Davis, Amira Rose,; Dreier, Peter,; Early, Gerald,; Eig, Jonathan,; Jelks, Randal Maurice,; Kurlansky, Mark,; Lamb, Chris,; Long, Michael G.,; McMahon, David,; Merida, Kevin,; Naze, David,; Pappu, Sridhar,; Rogers, Adam Amel,; Vecsey, George,; Williams, Yohuru,
• HerausgeberIn: Long, Michael G.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Washington Mews Books ; 9
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; 12 b/w illustrations

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...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• CONTENTS
• Foreword: Taking Jackie Robinson Seriously
• Introduction: That Day
• PART I. FOUNDATIONS
• 1 The Owner
• 2 A Methodist Life
• PART II. BASEBALL
• 3 Jackie Robinson Ball
• 4 Telling It the Right Way
• 5 A Champion of Nonviolence?
• 6 The White Media Missed It
• 7 On Retiring 42
• PART III. CIVIL RIGHTS AND POLITICS
• 8 Before the World Failed Him
• 9 The Dilemma of the Black Republican
• 10 “I’ve Got to Be Me”: Robinson and the Long Black Freedom Struggle
• PART IV. THE WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS
• 11 The First Famous Jock for Justice
• 12 Supporting Black Women Athletes
• 13 The Challenges of a Gay Jackie Robinson
• Afterword: The Legacy of Perfection
• Acknowledgments
• Notes
• About the Contributors
• Index