ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Sunday, April 6, 1997 TAG: 9704040025
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 4 EDITION: METRO
SERIES: series: breaking the color barrier: the jackie robinson legacy
Firts in a series.
This month America celebrates the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's major-league debut. It was an important moment in the fight to destroy racial barriers in America, and it paved the way for many others in the sporting world who helped finish the job.
Each Sunday in April The Roanoke Times will write about Virginia athletic trailblazers who came before and after Robinson - in baseball as well as in other sports. We'll write about Negro Leaguers, minor leaguers, sandlot ballplayers and high school and college athletes who helped enrich and integrate the games we play.
To contact reporter Mike Hudson, call (540) 981-3332, write him at The Roanoke Times, P.O. Box 2491, Roanoke 24010-2491, or e-mail him at mikehxc2roanoke.com
To read more about it:
Jules Tygiel (editor), "The Jackie Robinson Reader," Dutton, 1997.
Jules Tygiel, "Baseball's Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy," Oxford University Press, 1997.
Larry Moffi and Jonathan Kronstadt, "Crossing The Line: Black Major Leaguers, 1947-1959," University of Iowa Press, 1994.
Leroy "Satchel" Paige, "Maybe I'll Pitch Forever," Doubleday, 1962.
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