Table of Contents: 42 today :

""42 Today" is an exploration of Jackie Robinson and his legacy."--

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Bibliographic Details
Contributors:	Long, Michael G., (Editor), Burns, Ken, 1953- (writer of foreword.), Burns, Sarah, 1982- (writer of foreword.), McMahon, David, 1976- (writer of foreword.), Merida, Kevin, (writer of afterword.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Washington Mews Books, an imprint of New York University Press, [2021]
Series:	Washington Mews book
Subjects and Genres:	Robinson, Jackie, > 1919-1972. Robinson, Jackie, > 1919-1972 > Influence. African American baseball players > Biography. Discrimination in sports > United States > History > 20th century. United States > Race relations > History > 20th century. Biographies.
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Table of Contents:

Foreword : Taking Jackie Robinson seriously / Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon
Introduction : That day / Michael G. Long
Foundations. The owner / Howard Bryant ; A Methodist life / Randal Maurice Jelks
Baseball. Jackie Robinson ball / George Vecsey ; Telling it the right way / Jonathan Eig ; A champion of nonviolence? / Mark Kurlansky ; The white media missed it / Chris Lamb ; On retiring 42 / David Naze
Civil rights and politics. Before the world failed him / Sridhar Pappu ; The dilemma of the Black Republican / Gerald Early ; "I've got to be me" : Robinson and the long Black freedom struggle / Yohuru Williams
The wide world of sports. The first famous jock for justice / Peter Dreier ; Supporting Black women athletes / Amira Rose Davis ; The challenges of a gay Jackie Robinson / Adam Amel Rogers
Afterword : The legacy of perfection / Kevin Merida.