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De Angelis, Gina

Jackie Robinson

104 pp. | Chelsea | October, 2000 | Library ISBN 0-7910-5897-2 $$19.95 | Paper ISBN 0-7910-5898-0 $$9.95
(3) 4-6 Overcoming Adversity series. The inspiring life of African-American professional baseball player and civil rights activist Jackie Robinson is captured in this well-written, thorough biography. In addition to detailing his incredible skill as an athlete, De Angelis stresses Robinson's character as he faced segregationist America's climate of racism during the forties and fifties. Well-selected black-and-white photos help bring Robinson's story to life. A chronology is appended. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Mary R. Holt

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