Jackie Robinson

Before 1947 professional baseball was as segregated as the rest of Americansociety Black baseball players were forced to compete in the Negro Leaguesrather than... » 

Before 1947 professional baseball was as segregated as the rest of Americansociety Black baseball players were forced to compete in the Negro Leaguesrather than in Major League Baseball. But on April 15 1947 Jackie Robinsonbroke the color barrier and changed history by becoming the first AfricanAmerican to play on a Major League team. Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers andmanaged by visionary Branch Rickey Robinson spent 10 seasons in the majorleagues during which time the Dodgers won six pennants. Robinson was a sixtime AllStar the National League Rookie of the Year in 1947 and the NationalLeague MVP in 1949. This fully illustrated highly readable biography tracesthe phenomenal rise of this allAmerican icon. «