W. Ross Macdonald School Library

Jackie Robinson

by Stout, Glenn, , [contracted braille] /
Additional authors: Christopher, Matt.
Series: Legends in sports Published by : Braille International, Inc., (Stuart, Fla. : ) Physical details: 1 v. of contracted braille.
Subject(s): Robinson, Jackie, -- 1919-1972 -- Juvenile literature. | Baseball players -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. | African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. | Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature. | Civil rights -- United States.
Year: 2006 Item type: Contracted Braille
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General Stacks 		Non-fiction 796.357 STO (Browse shelf (Opens below)) Copy: 1 Vol: 1(1) Available 2012-2126

Contracted braille.

He was the first African-American to play Major League Baseball, enduring prejudice and extreme pressure. An in-depth look at Robinson's athletic abilities, his road to the major leagues, and his Hall of Fame career. Also focuses on the role the black press played in the selection of Robinson as the player to break the colour barrier, and exposes a number of myths concerning Robinson's relationship with Branch Rickey.

Grades 3-6.

New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2006.

Sponsored and presented by The American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults.

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