TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gregory,Josh
TI  - Jackie Robinson
T2  - A True Book
SN  - 9780531215982 (library binding)
AV  - GV865.R6 G75 2016
U1  - 796.357092B 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New York
PB  - Scholastic
KW  - Robinson, Jackie,
KW  - African American baseball players
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Juvenile literature
N1  - V
; 850
; Lexile
; V
; Raz-Plus

N2  - As the first African American ever to play for a major league baseball team, Jackie Robinson helped change race relations in America forever. Readers (Grades 3-5) will learn about Robinson's early success as a versatile athlete and the difficulties he faced in an era of widespread prejudice and segregation. The will also find out how he came to break pro baseball's color barrier and how he used his fame to bring awareness to the civil rights movement
ER  -