Jackie and Campy : the untold story of their rocky relationship and the breaking of baseball's color line / William C. Kashatus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kashatus, William C., 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972.

Robinson, Jackie.

Campanella, Roy, 1921-1993.

Campanella, Roy.

African American baseball players--Biography.

African American baseball players.

Baseball players--United States--Biography.

Baseball players.

Male friendship--United States.

Male friendship.

Racism in sports--United States.

Racism in sports.

Discrimination in sports--United States.

Discrimination in sports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (443 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, [Nebraska] : University of Nebraska Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As star players for the 1955 World Champion Brooklyn Dodgers, and prior to that as the first black players to be candidates to break professional baseball's color barrier, Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella would seem to be natural allies. But the two men were divided by a rivalry going far beyond the personality differences and petty jealousies of competitive teammates. Behind the bitterness were deep and differing beliefs about the fight for civil rights. Robinson, the more aggressive and intense of the two, thought Jim Crow should be attacked head-on; Campanella, more

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Brooklyn's Bums; 2. Rickey's Choice; 3. Jackie and Campy; 4. Breaking the Color Line; 5. Teammates; 6. Striking Back; 7. Collision Course; 8. Breakup; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8032-5447-4

0-8032-5446-6