Yohuru Williams: Call Him Jack
Call Him Jack
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- The Story of Jackie Robinson, Black Freedom Fighter
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EUR 12.96*
- St. Martins Press-3PL, 01/2025
- Binding: Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Language: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9781250346568
- Order number: 11711953
- Volume: 240 Pages
- Weight: 454 g
- Format: 229 x 152 mm
- Thickness: 25 mm
- Release date: 1.1.2025
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Blurb
An enthralling, eye-opening portrayal of this barrier-breaking American hero as a lifelong, relentlessly proud fighter for Black justice and civil rights.According to Martin Luther King, Jr., Jackie Robinson was "a sit-inner before the sit-ins, a freedom rider before the Freedom Rides." According to Hank Aaron, Robinson was a leader of the Black Power movement before there was a Black Power movement. According to his wife, Rachel Robinson, he was always Jack, not Jackie--the diminutive form of his name bestowed on him in college by white sports writers. And throughout his whole life, Jack Robinson was a fighter for justice, an advocate for equality, and an inspiration beyond just baseball.
From prominent Robinson scholars Yohuru Williams and Michael G. Long comes Call Him Jack, an exciting biography that recovers the real person behind the legend, reanimating this famed figure's legacy for new generations, widening our focus from the sportsman to the man as a whole, and deepening our appreciation for his achievements on the playing field in the process.