Yohuru Williams

Call Him Jack: The Story of Jackie Robinson, Black Freedom Fighter -- Yohuru Williams, Hardcover

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An enthralling, eye-opening portrayal of this barrier-breaking American hero as a lifelong, relentlessly proud fighter for Black justice and civil rights.

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. And throughout his whole life, Jack Robinson was a fighter for justice, an advocate for equality, and an inspiration beyond just baseball.

From prominent Robinson scholars Yohuru Williams and Michael G. Long comes Call Him Jack, an exciting 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.

Author: Yohuru Williams, Michael G. Long
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Published: 09/20/2022
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 9.23h x 6.15w x 0.82d
ISBN: 9780374389956
Audience: Ages 9-12

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2022

Product Tags:

African American & Black, African Americans - Civil rights - History -, Ages 9-12, Baseball & Softball, Biography & Autobiography, Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography, Farrar, Grades 4-6, Grades 6-8, Hardcover, Juvenile Nonfiction, Social Activists, Sports & Recreation, Straus and Giroux (Byr), Yohuru Williams

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