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Loading... Jackie and Campy: The Untold Story of Their Rocky Relationship and the Breaking of Baseball’s Color Lineby William C. Kashatus
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As star players for the 1955 World Champion Brooklyn Dodgers, and prior to that as the first black players to be candidates to break professional baseball's color barrier, Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella would seem to be natural allies. But the two men were divided by a rivalry going far beyond the personality differences and petty jealousies of competitive teammates. Behind the bitterness were deep and differing beliefs about the fight for civil rights. Robinson, the more aggressive and intense of the two, thought Jim Crow should be attacked head-on; Campanella, more No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)796.3570922The arts Recreational and performing arts Athletic and outdoor sports and games Ball sports Ball and stick sports Baseball Biography And History BiographyLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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