Call Him Jack

The Story of Jackie Robinson, Black Freedom Fighter

Michael G Long author Yohuru Williams author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc

Published:17th Oct '22

Should be back in stock very soon

Call Him Jack cover

An enthralling, eye-opening portrayal of this barrier-breaking American hero as a lifelong, relentlessly proud fighter for Black justice and civil rights.

According to Martin Luther King, Jr., Jackie Robinson was “a sit-inner before the sit-ins, a freedom rider before the Freedom Rides.” According to Hank Aaron, Robinson was a leader of the Black Power movement before there was a Black Power movement. According to his wife, Rachel Robinson, he was always Jack, not Jackie - the diminutive form of his name bestowed on him in college by white sports writers. From two prominent Robinson scholars comes this electrifying biography that recovers the real person behind the legend, reanimating this famed figure’s legacy for new generations, widening our focus from the sportsman to the man as a whole and deepening our appreciation for his achievements on the playing field in the process.

ISBN: 9780374389956

Dimensions: 236mm x 161mm x 24mm

Weight: 448g

240 pages