Carrying Jackie's Torch: The Players Who Integrated Baseball-and America
Chicago: Lawrence Hill/Chicago Review, 2007. Hardcover. Steve Jacobson was a sports reporter and columnist with Newsday for 44 years, beginning in 1960. He was awarded first prize by the Associated Press of New York and Top Five Sports Columnists numerous times. He has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. The real and painful struggles of the black players who followed Jackie Robinson into major and minor league baseball from 1947 to 1968 are chronicled in this compelling volume. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Item #1222325
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