Jackie Robinson
Stephanie McPherson, Tad Butler
Paperback
(Barnes and Noble, March 15, 2010)
True or False? All BrooklynDodgers fans & plaers welcomed Jackie Robinson to the team in 1947. False! Some fans & teammates weren't welcoming a black player at first. But Jackie's great playing soon won them over & earned him the Rookie over the Year award. Jackie wasthe first African-America player in major league baseball. Jackie Robinson competed in four sports in college - trackm football, basketball, & baseball. As a Brooklyn Dodger, Jackie was known for stealing bases, especially home. After retiring from baseball, he kept busy in many ways, includin working as vice-president of a restaurant chain & writing his own newspaper column.