Play ball, Jackie!
About this book
On April 15, 1947, Matt Romano and his father watch the Brooklyn Dodgers season-opener, during which Jackie Robinson, a twenty-eight-year-old rookie, breaks the "color line" that had kept black men out of Major League baseball. Includes facts about Jackie Robinson's life and career.
Details
- OL Work ID
- OL15571483W
Subjects
Race relationsJuvenile fictionBrooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)FictionBaseballAfrican American baseball playersAfrican AmericansBaseball storiesChildren's fictionRobinson, jackie, 1919-1972, fictionBaseball, fictionRace relations, fictionAfrican americans, fiction