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The Jackie Robinson story: Jackie Robinson plays himself in this, his film biography. From his days in the Negro leagues to his days with the Brooklyn Dodgers as the first black man to play in the majors, this is the triumphant story of one man's fight against prejudice. It's good to be alive: The true story of Roy Campanella, the Brooklyn Dodgers' catcher whose brilliant career was brought to a sudden end by the auto accident which paralyzed him....

An in-depth look at baseball on the radio.

1947: Jackie Robinson breaks baseball's color barrierand changes the world. The event also changes the life of Robinson's bodyguardand those changes can prove fatal.

On April 15, 1947, Matt Romano and his father watch the Brooklyn Dodgers season-opener, during which Jackie Robinson, a twenty-eight-year-old rookie, breaks the "color line" that had kept black men out of Major League baseball. Includes facts about Jackie Robinson's life and career.

Rosa sat so
Martin could march.
Martin marched so
Barack could run.Barack ran so
Our children can soar.
This is the seed of a unique and inspirational picture book text, that is part historical, part poetry, and entirely inspirational. It symbolically takes the reader through the cumulative story of the US Civil Rights Movement, showing how select pioneers' achievements led up to this landmark moment, when we have elected our first...

Forget the gold medals, the championships, and the undefeated seasons. When all-star athletes were growing up, they had regular-kid problems just like you. Baseball legend Babe Ruth was such a troublemaker that his family sent him to reform school. Race-car champion Danica Patrick fended off bullies who told her "girls cant drive." And football superstar Peyton Manning was forced to dance the tango in his school play. Kid Athletes tells all of their...