TY - BOOK AU - Robinson,Jackie AU - Duckett,Alfred TI - I never had it made: an autobiography of Jackie Robinson SN - 0060555971 (pbk.) PY - 1995/// CY - [Hopewell, N.J.] PB - Ecco Press KW - Robinson, Jackie, KW - Baseball players KW - United States KW - Biography N1 - 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 N2 - Autobiography of an African American who broke the color barrier in major league baseball and devoted his life to achieving justice ER -