Resource Guides: History: Jackie Robinson

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Jackie Robinson

Robinson, Jackie

baseball and "color line"

baseball integration

Jackie Robinson
from Biographical Dictionary of African Americans, in American History Online
Jackie Robinson
from Encyclopedia of North American Sports History, in American History Online

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Jackie Robinson by Carin T. Ford
Call Number: 927.9635 ROB
ISBN: 9780766024618
Publication Date: 2005-08-01
Jackie Robinson by John F. Grabowski; Jim Murray (Introduction by); Earl Weaver (Contribution by)
Call Number: 927.96 ROB
ISBN: 0791011887
Publication Date: 1991-01-01
Baseball and the Color Line by Thomas W. Gilbert
Call Number: 796.35 GIL
ISBN: 0531112063
Publication Date: 1995-03-01

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