Displaying 1 of 1 1995 Format: Book Author: Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972. Title: I never had it made : an autobiography of Jackie Robinson / Jackie Robinson as told to Alfred Duckett ; introductions by Cornel West and Hank Aaron. Publisher, Date: [Hopewell, N.J.] : Ecco Press, c1995. Description: xxiv, 279 p. [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 20 cm. Summary: Autobiography of an African American who broke the color barrier in major league baseball and devoted his life to achieving justice. Subjects: Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972. Baseball players -- United States -- Biography. Other Author: Duckett, Alfred. Other Title: I never had it made : Jackie Robinson, an autobiography Autobiography of Jackie Robinson : I never had it made Notes: Originally published: New York : Putnam, 1972. Coretta Scott King Award, author, 1973. Contents: Introduction / Cornel West -- Introduction / Hank Aaron -- Preface : Today / Jackie Robinson -- The noble experiment -- A dream deferred -- The nobel experiment -- Breaking the color barrier -- The major leagues -- "Just another guy" -- My own man -- The price of popularity -- The growing family -- The ninth inning -- After the ball game -- New horizons -- Campaigning for Nixon -- The Hall of Fame Award -- Conflict at the Apollo -- Crises at home -- On being black among the Republicans -- Differences with Malcolm X -- The Freedom Bank -- Hope and disillusionment in white politics -- The influence of Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Jackie's prison -- Politics today -- " ... and he was free" -- Aftermath -- Epilogue. ISBN: 0060555971 9780060555979 Other Number: 52329165 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 381709 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: BIO Robinson Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
