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Friday, April 20 2007

Carrying Jackie’s Torch: The Players Who Integrated Baseball—and America

By Steve Jacobson

No matter how great their RBI or batting average, neither Jackie Robinson nor the other black players could escape the racism, insult or injustice of the times.


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