On the Shelf. True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson. By Kostya Kennedy St. Martin’s: 288 pages, $30 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org ...

Continue reading Books On Jackie Robinson, MLK, ... The New York Times reported that the Robinson biography is one of approximately 900 titles facing possible removal from the Naval Academy ...

Dodger great Jackie Robinson’s life off the field is explored in book ‘Call Him Jack’ Yohuru Williams and Michael G. Long introduce Robinson to middle school readers with “Call Him Jack ...

More on Robinson. BOOKS. Jackie Robinson: A Biography (1997): This work coincided with the 50th anniversary of Robinson’s major league debut, when his jersey number 42 also was retired across MLB.

Unlike a traditional biography, “True” focuses on four distinct years in Robinson’s life. Kennedy starts in 1946, Robinson’s single season in the minor leagues with the Montreal Royals.

Eig's book reminds us of how much Jackie Robinson endured to provide the next generations a chance and ultimately a choice. And that absent such transcendent talents and vivid personalities ...

Book cover of “TRUE: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson” (St. Martin’s Press) This article has been adapted from “ True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson,” by Kostya Kennedy.

Jackie Robinson wore an Organization for Civil Rights badge when he took part in a Louisville march with Dr. Martin Luther King in 1964. Bill Strode Courier-Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK As Donald ...

But the nameplate sign on his office door after he retired from baseball was Jack Robinson. So calling Jackie “Jack” in the book pulls him out of 1947 and off the baseball diamond and allows ...