Editor Peter M. Rutkoff directs the American Studies program and was the National Endowment for the Humanities distinguished teaching professor of history and American studies, 1997–2000, at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio.

“a fine piece of social history...the research and writing are exemplary”—Nine; “the best papers delivered during the scholarly gathering that marked the 50th anniversary of Robinson’s major league debut”—USA Today Sports Weekly; “highlights a time of tenuous change in the sport”—The SABR Bulletin.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPreface (Alvin Hall)Introduction—Jackie Robinson: Baseball, Brooklyn, and Beyond (Peter Rutkoff)Part 1: Before RobinsonWilliam Clarence Matthews: “The Jackie Robinson of His Day” (Karl Lindholm)A Story in Black and White: Baseball and Racism in 1938 (Chris Lamb)Something to Cheer About: The Negro Leagues at the Dawn of Integration (James E. Overmyer)Jackie Robinson and the American Zeitgeist (William Simons)Part 2: Robinson and Social ChangeWorking in the Shadows of Rickey and Robinson: Bill Veeck, Larry Doby and the Advancement of Black Players in Baseball (Peggy Beck)Robinson’s Legacy: Black Women and Negro Baseball (Gai Ingham Berlage)Ten Years After: The Baseball Establishment, Race, and Jackie Robinson (Ron Briley)Nine Principles of Successful Affirmative Action: Branch Rickey, Jackie Robinson, and the Integration of Baseball Anthony R. Pratkanis and (Marlene E. Turner)Baseball, Cricket, and Social Change: Jackie Robinson and Frank Worrell (Michael Malec and Hillary Beckles)Part 3: The Legacy of RobinsonThe Black Knight: A Political Portrait of Jackie Robinson (Steven Wisensale)Jackie Robinson as Media’s Mythological Black Hero (Doug Battema)The Influence of Jackie Robinson on the Serious Baseball Novel (Richard F. Peterson)Jackie Robinson and the National Baseball Hall of Fame (David W. Findlay and Clifford E. Reid)The Great Experiment Fifty Years Later (Jules Tygiel)Index

Editor Peter M. Rutkoff directs the American Studies program and was the National Endowment for the Humanities distinguished teaching professor of history and American studies, 1997–2000, at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio.

“a fine piece of social history...the research and writing are exemplary”—Nine; “the best papers delivered during the scholarly gathering that marked the 50th anniversary of Robinson’s major league debut”—USA Today Sports Weekly; “highlights a time of tenuous change in the sport”—The SABR Bulletin.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPreface (Alvin Hall)Introduction—Jackie Robinson: Baseball, Brooklyn, and Beyond (Peter Rutkoff)Part 1: Before RobinsonWilliam Clarence Matthews: “The Jackie Robinson of His Day” (Karl Lindholm)A Story in Black and White: Baseball and Racism in 1938 (Chris Lamb)Something to Cheer About: The Negro Leagues at the Dawn of Integration (James E. Overmyer)Jackie Robinson and the American Zeitgeist (William Simons)Part 2: Robinson and Social ChangeWorking in the Shadows of Rickey and Robinson: Bill Veeck, Larry Doby and the Advancement of Black Players in Baseball (Peggy Beck)Robinson’s Legacy: Black Women and Negro Baseball (Gai Ingham Berlage)Ten Years After: The Baseball Establishment, Race, and Jackie Robinson (Ron Briley)Nine Principles of Successful Affirmative Action: Branch Rickey, Jackie Robinson, and the Integration of Baseball Anthony R. Pratkanis and (Marlene E. Turner)Baseball, Cricket, and Social Change: Jackie Robinson and Frank Worrell (Michael Malec and Hillary Beckles)Part 3: The Legacy of RobinsonThe Black Knight: A Political Portrait of Jackie Robinson (Steven Wisensale)Jackie Robinson as Media’s Mythological Black Hero (Doug Battema)The Influence of Jackie Robinson on the Serious Baseball Novel (Richard F. Peterson)Jackie Robinson and the National Baseball Hall of Fame (David W. Findlay and Clifford E. Reid)The Great Experiment Fifty Years Later (Jules Tygiel)Index

Editor Peter M. Rutkoff directs the American Studies program and was the National Endowment for the Humanities distinguished teaching professor of history and American studies, 1997–2000, at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio.

“a fine piece of social history...the research and writing are exemplary”—Nine; “the best papers delivered during the scholarly gathering that marked the 50th anniversary of Robinson’s major league debut”—USA Today Sports Weekly; “highlights a time of tenuous change in the sport”—The SABR Bulletin.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPreface (Alvin Hall)Introduction—Jackie Robinson: Baseball, Brooklyn, and Beyond (Peter Rutkoff)Part 1: Before RobinsonWilliam Clarence Matthews: “The Jackie Robinson of His Day” (Karl Lindholm)A Story in Black and White: Baseball and Racism in 1938 (Chris Lamb)Something to Cheer About: The Negro Leagues at the Dawn of Integration (James E. Overmyer)Jackie Robinson and the American Zeitgeist (William Simons)Part 2: Robinson and Social ChangeWorking in the Shadows of Rickey and Robinson: Bill Veeck, Larry Doby and the Advancement of Black Players in Baseball (Peggy Beck)Robinson’s Legacy: Black Women and Negro Baseball (Gai Ingham Berlage)Ten Years After: The Baseball Establishment, Race, and Jackie Robinson (Ron Briley)Nine Principles of Successful Affirmative Action: Branch Rickey, Jackie Robinson, and the Integration of Baseball Anthony R. Pratkanis and (Marlene E. Turner)Baseball, Cricket, and Social Change: Jackie Robinson and Frank Worrell (Michael Malec and Hillary Beckles)Part 3: The Legacy of RobinsonThe Black Knight: A Political Portrait of Jackie Robinson (Steven Wisensale)Jackie Robinson as Media’s Mythological Black Hero (Doug Battema)The Influence of Jackie Robinson on the Serious Baseball Novel (Richard F. Peterson)Jackie Robinson and the National Baseball Hall of Fame (David W. Findlay and Clifford E. Reid)The Great Experiment Fifty Years Later (Jules Tygiel)Index