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But the nameplate sign on his office door after he retired from baseball was Jack Robinson. So calling Jackie “Jack” in the book pulls him out of 1947 and off the baseball diamond and allows ...

Books: Jackie Robinson in Depth. Published Mar 29, 2007 at 8:00 PM EDT Updated Mar 13, ... Jackie Robinson. Robinson has already been the subject of dozens of biographies, ...

On the Shelf. True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson. By Kostya Kennedy St. Martin’s: 288 pages, $30 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org ...

Jackie Robinson and his wife, Rachel, look at photos of the ballplayer in action in New York in 1949. ... The book ends in 1972, with Robinson as a lion in winter, slowly fading, ...

Robinson died in 1972 at 53, but his widow, Rachel Robinson, 97, also keeps Jackie’s story alive. In 1997, when the Twins retired No. 42, Rabinovitz finally got to meet her. “You’re Ron ...

Sharon Robinson, daughter of baseball great Jackie Robinson, wants to talk about racial justice. Robinson turned 13 just a day after George Wallace made his famous proclamation for segregation ...

Jackie Robinson West pitcher launches book a decade after the team took the sports world by storm by: Sean Lewis, Eli Ong. Posted: Aug 31, 2024 / 07:04 PM CDT.

Jackie Robinson was the first to break baseball’s color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers 78 years ago Tuesday.His legacy continues to inspire people inside the major leagues — and outside, too.

The title of the book highlights the chasm between the real-life Jack Robinson and the Jackie Robinson narrative often celebrated in schools. In the buildup to Robinson’s first appearance in a ...

Jackie Robinson Day will be celebrated throughout Major League Baseball on Friday, the 75th anniversary of Robinson breaking baseball’s color barrier when he took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers.