42 today : Jackie Robinson and his legacy / edited by Michael G. Long ; foreword by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon ; afterword by Kevin Merida.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Long, Michael G., editor.
• Burns, Ken, 1953- writer of foreword.
• Burns, Sarah, 1982- writer of foreword.
• McMahon, David, 1976- writer of foreword.
• Merida, Kevin, writer of afterword.

Series:

• Washington Mews book
• Washington mews books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972.
• Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972--Influence.
• African American baseball players--Biography.
• Discrimination in sports--United States--History--20th century.
• United States--Race relations--History--20th century.

Genre:

• Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

• Forty-two today : Jackie Robinson and his legacy
• Jackie Robinson and his legacy

Place of Publication:

New York : Washington Mews Books, an imprint of New York University Press, [2021]

Summary:

• ""42 Today" is an exploration of Jackie Robinson and his legacy."-- Provided by publisher.
• Jackie Robinson walked onto the diamond on April 15, 1947, as first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers, making history as the first African American to integrate Major League Baseball in the twentieth century. Today a national icon, Robinson was a complicated man who navigated an even more complicated world that both celebrated and despised him. This collection of essays explores Robinson's perspectives and legacies on civil rights, sports, faith, youth, and nonviolence, while providing rare glimpses into the struggles and strength of one of the nation's most athletically gifted and politically significant citizens. -- adapted from jacket

Contents:

• Foreword : Taking Jackie Robinson seriously / Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon
• Introduction : That day / Michael G. Long
• Foundations. The owner / Howard Bryant ; A Methodist life / Randal Maurice Jelks
• Baseball. Jackie Robinson ball / George Vecsey ; Telling it the right way / Jonathan Eig ; A champion of nonviolence? / Mark Kurlansky ; The white media missed it / Chris Lamb ; On retiring 42 / David Naze
• Civil rights and politics. Before the world failed him / Sridhar Pappu ; The dilemma of the Black Republican / Gerald Early ; "I've got to be me" : Robinson and the long Black freedom struggle / Yohuru Williams
• The wide world of sports. The first famous jock for justice / Peter Dreier ; Supporting Black women athletes / Amira Rose Davis ; The challenges of a gay Jackie Robinson / Adam Amel Rogers
• Afterword : The legacy of perfection / Kevin Merida.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-222) and index.

Local Notes:

Pennsylvania Abolition Society Complimentary Collection

Other Format:

Online version: 42 today

ISBN:

• 9781479805624
• 1479805629

OCLC:

1149307533

Publisher Number:

40030418634