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First in the field

by Derek T. Dingle · 1998

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A biography which discusses the discrimination faced by Jackie Robinson, the baseball legend who became the first African American to play Major League baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers

Subject
biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
African AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of this
Setting
20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 48 pages

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