Shorto, Russell.

Jackie Robinson and the breaking of the color barrier / by Russell Shorto. - Brookfield, Conn. : Millbrook Press, c1991. - p. cm. - Gateway civil rights .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A biography of the black athlete who broke the color barrier in major league baseball when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.

ISBN: 1878841157 (lib. bdg.)

LCCN: 91029907 /AC

Subjects--Personal Names:
Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 --Juvenile literature.
Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Baseball players--Biography--Juvenile literature.--United States
Baseball players.
Afro-Americans--Biography.

LC Class. No.: GV865.R6 / S56 1991

Dewey Class. No.: 796.357/092 B