1919-1972

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.

A biography of Jackie Robinson, the first African-American player in major-league baseball.

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.

Examines the life of the talented black athlete who broke the color barrier in major league baseball by joining the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.

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

Jack and Annie use the magic tree house to travel back in time to 1947 Brooklyn, New York, where they pretend to be batboys at Jackie Robinson's first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Boston Braves.

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.

Describes the personal life and professional baseball career of Jackie Robinson, including his childhood, athletic skill in college, WWII participation, playing in the Negro League, joining the Dodgers as the first African American player, becoming a civil rights leader, and more.