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908544
All star : how Larry Doby smashed the color barrier in baseball by Vernick, Audrey 

BTSB Prebound(Clarion, 2022)


Publication Date: 01/04/2022

BTSB #: 908544 Available

Dewey: 796.357/BAges: 4-7   
AR: 4.7 LG

Subjects: Doby, Larry Baseball African American baseball players - Biography Segregation Race relations


Summary: The remarkable story of Larry Doby, the first Black baseball player in the American League.


23.08 *

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949726
Call him Jack : the story of Jackie Robinson, black freedom fighter by Williams, Yohuru R. 

BTSB Prebound(Farrar Straus Giroux, 2022)


Publication Date: 09/27/2022

BTSB #: 949726 Available

Dewey: 796.357/BAges: 10-14   
Lexile: 1090

Subjects: Robinson, Jackie,|d1919-1972 African American baseball players - Biography African Americans - Civil rights - History|y20th century Civil rights movements - United States - History|y20th century


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


24.48 *

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827065
Jackie Robinson takes the field [Great Moments In History]by Smith, Elliott 

Paperback(Capstone Press, 2024)


Publication Date: 08/01/2023

BTSB #: 827065 Available

Dewey: 796.357/BAges: 8-11   
AR: 5.5 MG Lexile: 890 GN F&P: W

Subjects: Robinson, Jackie,|d1919-1972 Baseball - United States - History|y20th century Discrimination in sports - United States - History|y20th century African American baseball players - Biography


Summary: On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson made history when he stepped onto the baseball diamond as a Brooklyn Dodger. For the first time in more than 60 years, a Black player took the field in a professional baseball game. How did Robinson break through the racist barriers that had kept so many Black athletes out of professional sports? In graphic novel format.


7.37 *

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437692
Mamie on the mound : a woman in baseball's Negro leagues by Henderson, Leah 

BTSB Prebound(Capstone Editions, 2020)


Publication Date: 01/01/2020

BTSB #: 437692 Available

Dewey: 796.357/BAges: 6-8   
AR: 5.2 LG Lexile: 960

Subjects: Johnson, Mamie African American baseball players - Biography Women athletes - United States - Biography Negro leagues


Summary: Mamie "Peanut" Johnson had one dream: to play professional baseball. She was a talented player, but she wasn't welcome on the all-white Girls Pro Baseball League team due to the color of her skin. However, a greater opportunity came her way in 1953 when Johnson signed to play ball with the Negro Leagues' Indianapolis Clowns, becoming the only professional female pitcher to play on a men's team.


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Mamie on the mound : a woman in baseball's Negro leagues by Henderson, Leah 

Paperback(Capstone Editions, 2020)


Publication Date: 01/01/2023

BTSB #: 437716 Available

Dewey: 796.357/BAges: 6-8   
AR: 5.2 LG Lexile: 960

Subjects: Johnson, Mamie Women athletes - United States - Biography Negro leagues African American baseball players - Biography


Summary: Mamie "Peanut" Johnson had one dream: to play professional baseball. She was a talented player, but she wasn't welcome on the all white Girls Pro Baseball League team due to the color of her skin. However, a greater opportunity came her way in 1953 when Johnson signed to play ball with the Negro Leagues' Indianapolis Clowns, becoming the only professional female pitcher to play on a men's team.


8.19 *

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867776
Swinging into history : Toni Stone: big-league baseball's first woman player by Swanson, Karen L. 

BTSB Prebound(Calkins Creek, 2024)


Publication Date: 08/06/2024

BTSB #: 867776 Available

Dewey: 796.357/BAges: 6-9   
F&P: S

Subjects: Stone, Toni,|d1921-1996 Indianapolis Clowns (Baseball team) - History African American baseball players - Biography Negro Leagues Women athletes - United States - Biography


Summary: Young readers will root for Toni "Tomboy" Stone, the first woman (and the first Black woman) to break into professional baseball--taking over Hank Aaron's roster spot.


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