Overview
Explores Jackie Robinson's compelling and complicated legacyBefore the United States Supreme Court ruled against segregation in public schools and before Rosa Parks refused to surrender her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, Jackie Robinson walked onto the diamond on April 15, 1947, as first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers, making history as the first African American to integrate Major League Baseball in the twentieth century.Today a national icon, Robinson was a complicated man who navigated an even more complicated world that both celebrated and despised him.Many are familiar with Robinson as a baseball hero. Few, however, know of the inner turmoil that came with his historic status. Featuring piercing essays from a range of distinguished sportswriters, cultural critics, and scholars, this book explores Robinson's perspectives and legacies on civil rights, sports, faith, youth, and nonviolence, while providing rare glimpses into the struggles and strength of one of the nation's most athletically gifted and politically significant citizens.Featuring a foreword by celebrated directors and producers Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon, this volume recasts Jackie Robinson's legacy and establishes how he set a precedent for future civil rights activism, from Black Lives Matter to Colin Kaepernick.
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Author: Michael G Long ,
Michael G Long ,
Others ,
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Publisher: Tantor Audio
Imprint: Tantor Audio
ISBN: 9798200184491
Publication Date: 23 February 2021
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Format: Audio
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Reviews
"""Explore[s] lesser-known aspects of the life of Jackie Robinson...[An] excellent anthology."" -- ""Publishers Weekly"" ""Narrator Mirron Willis...brings a powerful resonance to a subject that demands exactly that. It is the narration that helps pull together the individual chapters...Willis narrates with an interested tone and with emotion. He helps listeners understand that Robinson cannot be painted in broad strokes but rather in specific ones that reveal an enigmatic human being."" -- ""AudioFile"" ""These pieces embody all of what made Robinson special, assessing him through many different lenses...give[s] a towering cultural figure his due beyond the baselines."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"" ""This collection of essays explores baseball legend Jackie Robinson's complicated legacy, his impact on society, and the inner turmoil that came with his historic achievements."" -- ""USA Today"""
Author Information
Michael G. Long is associate professor of religious studies and peace and conflict studies at Elizabethtown College. He is also the author or editor of several books on civil rights, religion, politics, and peacemaking in mid-century America. Michael G. Long is associate professor of religious studies and peace and conflict studies at Elizabethtown College. He is also the author or editor of several books on civil rights, religion, politics, and peacemaking in mid-century America. Jonathan Eig is the author of several critically acclaimed books, including the New York Times bestseller Luckiest Man. He is a former staff writer for the Wall Street Journal, and he remains a contributing writer there. He has written for the New York Times, New Yorker, Esquire, Washington Post, and other publications. He has appeared in two Ken Burns films for PBS. Others, as in, not you David McMahon is coproducer of the film Jackie Robinson, in association with Major League Baseball. McMahon also wrote the text for the documentary. Mirron Willis--actor of film, stage, and television--is the winner of the prestigious Audie Award for best narration in 2012 and a finalist for the Audie in 2015, as well as the winner of four AudioFile Earphones Awards for his audiobook recordings. He has worked extensively in film and television and on stage with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Houston Shakespeare Festival, and the Ensemble Theatre, among others. He has recorded some 150 audiobooks, including the Smokey Dalton series by Kris Nelscott and My Song by Harry Belafonte. He resides and records audiobooks on his family's historic ranch in East Texas. Sarah Burns is coproducer of the film Jackie Robinson, in association with Major League Baseball. Burns also wrote the text for the documentary. Ken Burns is an award-winning filmmaker and director of Jackie Robinson, in association with Major League Baseball.
