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Under Jackie's Shadow: Voices of Black Minor Leaguers Baseball Left Behind
By Nathanson, Mitchell
- ISBN
- 9781496237170
- Publisher
- Univ. of Nebraska
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Starred Review on March 29, 2024 | Arts & Humanities
Jackie Robinson's signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 is often referred to as the event that broke baseball's color barrier. When being honored for that achievement 25 years later, Robinson remarked that he would be even more pleased if there were Black executives managing baseball teams. Inspired by Robinson's statement, sports law professor Nathanson (Villanova Univ. School of Law; The Ten-Mi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
