42 today : Jackie Robinson and his legacy /
""42 Today" is an exploration of Jackie Robinson and his legacy."--
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New York :
Washington Mews Books, an imprint of New York University Press,
[2021]
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Table of 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.