african american baseball players

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african american baseball players

Jackie Robinson

breaking the color barrier
2009
Presents an illustrated biography of Jackie Robinson, an African-American athlete who was discriminated against by Major League Baseball and in society in general, but fought for his rights in sports and in the army before he helped the Brooklyn Dodgers go to the World Series.

Jackie Robinson

baseball's great pioneer
2006
A short biography of baseball great Jackie Robinson, written in graphic novel format, focusing on his achievements with the Brooklyn Dodgers as the first African-American to play major league baseball.

Jackie Robinson

2008
A brief biography of Jackie Robinson written in graphic novel format, who in 1947, broke the color barrier and became the first African-American to play major league baseball.

Jackie Robinson

2008
A brief biography of Jackie Robinson, in graphic novel format, that describes his childhood, service in the U.S. Army, and success as a baseball player.

Jackie's nine

Jackie Robinson's values to live by : courage, determination, teamwork, persistence, integrity, persistence [sic], commitment, excellence
2001

First in the field

baseball hero Jackie Robinson
1998
A biography which discusses the discrimination faced by Jackie Robinson, the baseball legend who became the first African-American to play Major League baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Just as good

how Larry Doby changed America's game
2012
An African American family in Cleveland, Ohio, listens on their new radio to the first game of the 1948 World Series, in which Larry Doby, the first black player in the American League, won the game for the Cleveland Indians.

Jackie Robinson plays ball

2007
Tells the life story of African-American baseball player Jackie Robinson, discussing his breaking of the sport's color barrier, his achievements as an athlete, and his life after his baseball career.

Jackie Robinson

hero and athlete
2008
An illustrated, simple biography of Jackie Robinson, the first African-American major league baseball player. Includes a chronology, a glossary, interesting facts, and resources.

Jackie Robinson and the story of all-Black baseball

1989
Presents a biography of the first black baseball player to play in the major leagues when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Also traces the history of all-black baseball teams.

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