How to Celebrate the Life of Jackie Robinson
On April 14, 1947, Jackie Robinson put on a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform and stepped onto the grass at Ebbets Field as the first black baseball player in the major leagues. He changed the course of American life as no one had done before. Visit the ... [... more]
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Jackie Robinson (First Biographies (Capstone Paperback))
 Jackie Robinson: I bought this to use in my 6th grade reading classroom. It is excellent to use to teach reading skills such as main idea, author's purpose, or summarizing. I put it in a center and students have 10 minutes to use the book for an [... more]
$5.95
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Frank Lloyd Wright Quilts
Host Alex Anderson is joined in the studio by author, quilt teacher and Frank Lloyd Wright aficionado, Jackie Robinson. Robinson shares her personal history with the art glass designs of Wright and explains how they motivated her to design ... [... more]
DIYnet |
Civil Rights Heroes - Jackie Robinson - Civil Rights
When you hear the name Jackie Robinson, what comes to mind? Probably baseball and the number 42. As a matter of fact, he was the very first African American who became a Major League Baseball player in the year 1947 - well ahead of the strides ... [... more]
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An Exclusive Interview With Barack Obama
He's been compared to Jackie Robinson, who broke baseball's color barrier, and to golfing great Tiger Woods, also of mixed race, and to Martin Luther King, Jr., America's conscience on civil rights. In Barack Obama's chosen profession, Democrats ... [... more]
Reader's Digest |
Frank Lloyd Wright Quilts
Host Alex Anderson is joined in the studio by author, quilt teacher and Frank Lloyd Wright aficionado, Jackie Robinson. Robinson shares her personal history with the art glass designs of Wright and explains how they motivated her to design ... [... more]
Home and Garden Television |
Andrew Gutelle
Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Jackie Robinson, Roberto Clemente, and Hank Aaron-five amazing baseball legends. From the first black man to play major-league ball to the longest hitting streak ever, these are some of the game's most inspiring stories. ... [... more]
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Scott Simon
Scott Simon is the host of NPR's Weekend Edition with Scott Simon. He has reported stories from all fifty states and every continent, and has won every major award in broadcasting. He is the author of the memoir Home and Away, Jackie Robinson and ... [... more]
Random House |
Jackie Robinson (On My Own Biography)
Jackie Robinson: This was a fairly good book. Sally Walker gave a good account of his life. I know that there is so much that could be written about Jackie Robinson but this short book covered all of the main points.I believe that it could have used a [... more]
$6.95
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Stealing Home: The Story Of Jackie Robinson (Scholastic ...
non foretful book: The reason i like this book is because it describes a lot on one person. im not much of a biography reader myself, but this one was different. this story made me learn that back then they wouldn't let the blacks play just because of [... more]
$5.99
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The Story of Jackie Robinson: Bravest Man in Baseball ...
Jackie Robinso Review ...: The Story of Jackie Robinson, Bravest Man in Baseball is about the struggles of one black man who never gave up. Jackie Robinson was a great athlete in college but he couldn't play Major League baseball because of the color of [... more]
$4.99
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Jackie Robinson: Young Sports Trailblazer (Childhood of ...
A life lesson.: Have you ever felt like you did not belong? Thin you should read Jackie Robinson by Herb Dun. It is a book about a boy how grew up to be one of the most famous baseball player in the world. But it did not come without hard work... that is [... more]
$5.99
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