I never had it made : an autobiography of Jackie Robinson /
Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972.
I never had it made : an autobiography of Jackie Robinson / Autobiography of Jackie Robinson : I never had it made I never had it made : Jackie Robinson, an autobiography Jackie Robinson as told to Alfred Duckett ; introductions by Cornel West and Hank Aaron. - xxiv, 279 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
Originally published: New York : Putnam, 1972.
Introduction / Cornel West -- Introduction / Hank Aaron -- Preface : Today / Jackie Robinson -- The noble experiment -- A dream deferred -- The noble experiment -- Breaking the color barrier -- The major leagues -- "Just another guy" -- My own man -- The price of popularity -- The growing family -- The ninth inning -- After the ball game -- New horizons -- Campaigning for Nixon -- The Hall of Fame Award -- Conflict at the Apollo -- Crises at home -- On being black among the Republicans -- Differences with Malcolm X -- The Freedom Bank -- Hope and disillusionment in white politics -- The influence of Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Jackie's prison -- Politics today -- " ... and he was free" -- Aftermath -- Epilogue.
Autobiography of an African American who broke the color barrier in major league baseball and devoted his life to achieving justice.
Coretta Scott King Award, author, 1973.
0060555971 (pbk.) 9780060555979 (pbk.)
Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972.
Baseball players--United States--Biography.
I never had it made : an autobiography of Jackie Robinson / Autobiography of Jackie Robinson : I never had it made I never had it made : Jackie Robinson, an autobiography Jackie Robinson as told to Alfred Duckett ; introductions by Cornel West and Hank Aaron. - xxiv, 279 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
Originally published: New York : Putnam, 1972.
Introduction / Cornel West -- Introduction / Hank Aaron -- Preface : Today / Jackie Robinson -- The noble experiment -- A dream deferred -- The noble experiment -- Breaking the color barrier -- The major leagues -- "Just another guy" -- My own man -- The price of popularity -- The growing family -- The ninth inning -- After the ball game -- New horizons -- Campaigning for Nixon -- The Hall of Fame Award -- Conflict at the Apollo -- Crises at home -- On being black among the Republicans -- Differences with Malcolm X -- The Freedom Bank -- Hope and disillusionment in white politics -- The influence of Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Jackie's prison -- Politics today -- " ... and he was free" -- Aftermath -- Epilogue.
Autobiography of an African American who broke the color barrier in major league baseball and devoted his life to achieving justice.
Coretta Scott King Award, author, 1973.
0060555971 (pbk.) 9780060555979 (pbk.)
Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972.
Baseball players--United States--Biography.