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Great Time Coming: The Life of Jackie Robinson from Baseball to Birmingham Paperback - 1996

by David Falkner

The author of The Last Yankee and Nine Sides of the Diamond explores in detail the lifelong influences on Jackie Robinson, the pressures he had to bear, and the contributions he made to the cause of integration, illuminating the baseball great's inner strengths and his determination to make a lasting difference in American society. of photos.


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Jackie Robinson's extraordinary courage, his unflappable dignity, and his astonishing feats on the field as the first African-American to play on a major league team made him not only a great sports legend but a genuine American hero. In this comprehensive, moving portrait, David Falkner explores in detail the lifelong influences on Robinson, the pressures he had to bear, and the contributions he made to the cause of integration.

From Robinson's famous battle with the army over segregation to his rigidly maintained restraint in the face of ugly prejudice and life-threatening hostility from baseball fans and players alike, to his post-baseball efforts to help African-Americans establish an economic base within mainstream America, Falkner illuminates Robinson's inner strengths and his determination to make a lasting difference in American society.

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Before Albany, Georgia, became a civil rights flashpoint in the early 1960s, it was simply a small southern city, segregated as any other, but special in the sense that it was (and had been since its founding over 130 years before) a gateway to the lower part of the state.

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  • Title Great Time Coming: The Life of Jackie Robinson from Baseball to Birmingham
  • Author David Falkner
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Printing
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Touchstone Books, Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Date 1996-02-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780684823485 / 0684823489
  • Weight 1.14 lbs (0.52 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.52 x 5.54 x 0.98 in (21.64 x 14.07 x 2.49 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Library of Congress subjects Baseball players - United States, African American baseball players
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 94044876
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • New York Times, 04/07/1996, Page 24

About the author

David Falkner is the author of several books, including The Last Yankee and Nine Sides of the Diamond. A special contributor to The Sporting News, Falkner lives in New York City.
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