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Gr 6 Up—This engrossing biography of baseball legend Jack Robinson opens with a quote from him in which he states he would choose "first-class citizenship to all of [my] people" over the Baseball Hall of Fame, which aptly frames the focus of this work. Written in a traditional biography format, the narrative covers his life story, following him through childhood, college, military service, family life, his baseball career, and post-retirement civil rights activism and business ventures until his untimely death at age 53. Williams and Long focus most of the narrative ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More