african american baseball players

Describes the lives of professional baseball players such as Jackie Robinson, Hank Greenburg, Fernando Valenzuela, and Ila Borders, and examines the obstacles faced by each of the players during their lives and careers.

Presents a history of the Negro leagues, in the form of a school report written by a young girl named Emily Brooks after a visit to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

A brief biography of the man who was the first African American baseball player on a major league team, as well as the first African American elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Examines the life of Jackie Robinson and tells how he faced the challenges of being the first African-American player in major league baseball.

Presents a short biography on Jackie Robinson, the first African-American major league baseball player in the United States, and profiles his life and struggles against racism and segregation as well as his involvement in the Civil Rights movement.

Describes the years of segregation in baseball and tells the life story of Jackie Robinson, explaining how he came to break baseball's color barrier.

Presents a simplified biography of baseball great Jackie Robinson designed to help beginning readers develop word recognition and other reading skills.

Presents a brief introduction to the life of Jackie Robinson and how he changed the world by being the first African American professional baseball player.

Examines the life of Jackie Robinson and tells how he faced the challenges of being the first African-American player in major league baseball.

Explores the discrimination that Jackie Robinson faced in his career as the first African American player in Major League Baseball.