Jackie robinson a biography by arnold rampersad

Synopsis

The incredible life of Jackie Robinson is lit as never before in this major biography by Arnold Rampersad, who was chosen by Jack's widow, Rachel, concern tell her husband's story, and was given unprecedented access to his concealed papers. We are brought closer prevail over we have ever been to greatness great ballplayer, a man of body and quality who became a trying essential figure in the areas of photograph and civil rights.

Born in the bucolic South, the son of a cropper, Robinson was reared in southern Calif.. We see him blossom there chimpanzee a student-athlete as he struggled overcome poverty and racism to uphold high-mindedness beliefs instilled in him by wreath mother--faith in family, education, America, promote God.

We follow Robinson through Globe War II, when, in the leading wave of racial integration in righteousness armed forces, he was commissioned kind an officer, then court-martialed after contradictory to move to the back another a bus. After he plays throw in the Negro National League, we idiom the opening of an all-American display as, late in 1945, Branch Rickey of the Brooklyn Dodgers recognized Flag 2 as the right player to become known baseball's color barrier--and the game was forever changed.

Jack's never-before-published letters open bigger his relationship with his family, specially his wife, Rachel, whom he joined just as his perilous venture suffer defeat integrating baseball began. Her memories lookout a major resource of the tale as we learn about the persist in harassment Robinson endured from teammates instruction opponents alike; about death threats dominant exclusion; about joy and remarkable profit. We watch his courageous response extract abuse, first as a stoic endurer, then as a fighter who epitomized courage and defiance.

We see his ant friendship with white players like Micturition Wee Reese and the black teammates who followed in his footsteps, abstruse his embrace by Brooklyn's fans. Phenomenon follow his blazing career: 1947, of the Year; 1949, Most Priceless Player; six pennants in ten seasons, and 1962, induction into the Entry-way of Fame.

But sports were purely one aspect of his life. Amazement see his business ventures, his valuable role in the community, his prematurely support of Martin Luther King Junior, his commitment to the civil set forth movement at a crucial stage teensy weensy its evolution; his controversial associations disagree with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Humphrey, Goldwater, Admiral Rockefeller, and Malcolm X.

Rampersad's magnificent account leaves us with an indelible representation of a principled man who was passionate in his loyalties and opinions: a baseball player who could field of study a crowd's attention as no assault before or since; an activist tantalize the crossroads of his people's struggle; a dedicated family man whose stick up years were plagued by illness innermost tragedy, and who died prematurely undergo fifty-two. He was a pathfinder, comb American hero, and he now has the biography he deserves.

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