The court-martial of Jackie Robinson : the baseball legend's battle for civil rights during World Wa...
The court-martial of Jackie Robinson : the baseball legend's battle for civil rights during World Wa...
The court-martial of Jackie Robinson : the baseball legend's battle for civil rights during World War II / Michael Lee Lanning.
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Publisher
Guilford, Connecticut : Stackpole Books, [2020]
Call Numbers
G 2021/0814
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 283 pages ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Racism: the two-headed snake -- Georgia to California -- The athletes emerges -- UCLA and Rachel Isum -- Early stances against racism -- After college -- African Americans and military service -- 2nd Lt. Robinson -- Medical issues -- Camp Hood, Texas -- Back of the bus -- The charges -- The statemen...
Publication information
Publisher
Guilford, Connecticut : Stackpole Books, [2020]
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
[2020]
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Summary
"Eleven years before Rosa Parks resisted going to the back of the bus, a young black second lieutenant, hungry to fight Nazis in Europe, refused to move to the back of a U.S. Army bus in Texas and found himself court-martialed. The defiant soldier was Jack Roosevelt Robinson, already in 1944 a celebrated athlete in track and football and in a few y...
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The court-martial of Jackie Robinson : the baseball legend's battle for civil rights during World War II / Michael Lee Lanning.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-270) and index.
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©2020
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G 2021/0814
Record Identifier
74VKaRmk483M
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaRmk483M
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ISBN
9780811738644
DDC
796.357092
MMS ID
991024390513102626
