Baseball Has Done It

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1964. First edition (stated). Octavo in white and red (spine) illus jacket; 216 pages; 21 cm Fine in near fine(+) jacket with extremely minor edge-wear, think crease to rear flap amd faint sin-daing to spine. Jacket now housed in archival mylar. Please see photos. in near fine dust-jacket. Hardcover.

A lovely copy of the first edition. / Contents: The past -- The present -- The future. "Jackie Robinson's theme is that integration in baseball has proved that Americans can live together in peaceful competition. The theme is developed with a history of Negroes in baseball. Excerpts from their lives as players are given in their own words, by Larry Doby, for instance, and by Roy Campanella. Ball club managers, prominently Branch Rickey, tell why they hired Negroes and how the barriers were broken down."—Publisher. // African American athletes. Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History -- 20th century. African Americans -- Segregation. African American athletes. Baseball. Sportifs noirs américains. Discrimination dans les sports -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle. African American athletes. Discrimination in sports. Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972. Black Studies. Sports.