Call Him Jack

The Story of Jackie Robinson, Black Freedom Fighter

Call Him Jack
Yohuru Williams, Michael G Long
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NZ$ 39.99
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NZ$ 31.99
Hardback
h233 x 154mm - 240pg
20 Sep 2022 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9780374389956
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According to Martin Luther King, Jr. , Jackie Robinson was "a sit-inner before the sit-ins, a freedom rider before the Freedom Rides. " According to Hank Aaron, Robinson was a leader of the Black Power movement before there was a Black Power movement. According to his wife, Rachel Robinson, he was always Jack, not Jackie-the diminutive form of his name bestowed on him in college by white sports writers. From two prominent Robinson scholars comes this electrifying biography that recovers the real person behind the legend, reanimating this famed figure' s legacy for new generations, widening our focus from the sportsman to the man as a whole and deepening our appreciation for his achievements on the playing field in the process.
"A pugnacious civil rights advocate who also happened to be a great athlete. . . . Williams and Long chronicle [Robinson' s] athletic achievements . . . but look beyond them to portray him as a ' relentless and uncompromising Black freedom fighter' who ' used his racial pride to fuel his lifelong passion for justice' . . . Thorough, expansive, readable [and] essential . . . Adds provocative nuances to the usual portrayals of a heroic American. " --Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Yohuru Williams is a professor of history at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. The former chief historian of the Jackie Robinson Foundation, he appeared in Ken Burns' s Jackie Robinson and is also the author of numerous books, including Teaching Beyond the Textbook. He lives in Minnesota. Michael G. Long is the author and editor of several books on Jack Robinson and civil rights history. He appeared in Ken Burns' s Jackie Robinson, and his op-ed pieces about Robinson have been published in many national media outlets such as the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, and ESPN. He lives in Pennsylvania.

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