Isbn: 9781566399746 - press box red: the story of lester rodney (12 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Long before Branch Rickey signed Jackie Robinson to a Brooklyn Dodger contract in 1945, Lester Rodney, the newly hired and first sports editor of the Communist Daily Worker, launched the campaign that proved decisive in eventually breaking baseball's color line. But in the hostile anti-Communist climate of those years and for many years after, Rodney's story remained largely unknown. It therefore came as a surprise to many when Arnold Rampersad, in his authoritative 1997 biography of Jackie Robinson, wrote: In the campaign to end Jim Crow in baseball, the most vigorous efforts came from the Communist press, most notably from Lester Rodney. Now Press Box Red tells the story of that remarkable 11-year campaign and of Rodney's unique career covering sports for the Daily Worker until he left the Communist Party in 1958. Press Box Red is packed with first-hand accounts of Rodney's challenges to the high muck-a-mucks of professional and collegiate sports, and contains frank and frequently humorous encounters with owners, managers, and coaches like Branch Rickey, Larry MacPhail, Bill Veeck, Leo Durocher, Casey Stengel, Nat Holman, Clair Bee and numerous athletes including Robinson, Roy.…

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Zustand: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: New. pp. 256.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. Tells the story of that remarkable 11-year campaign and of Lester Rodney's career covering sports for the "Daily Worker" until he left the Communist Party in 1958. This title includes accounts of Rodney's challenges to the high muck-a-mucks of professional and collegiate sports, and contains encounters with owners, managers, and more. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 figures, 18 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGB; JFFJ; JFSL; KNTJ; WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354. . 2003. Illustrated. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 248 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. Tells the story of that remarkable 11-year campaign and of Lester Rodney s career covering sports for the Daily Worker until he left the Communist Party in 1958. This title includes accounts of Rodney s challenges to the high muck-a-mucks of professional .

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. [xx], 236p. 1st printing. Signed by author and Rodney on half title page. People's Weekly World book review, November 22-28, 2003, laid in. Biography recounting the Daily Worker sportswriter's career and campaign to end segregation in American sports. Lester Rodney, sports journalist for the Communist newspaper The Daily Worker, has often been overlooked when recounting the story of Jackie Robinson's signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team in 1945, thereby integrating the sport. However, Rodney had been working since 1936 to overturn the injustice of segregated ball teams. The timing was right when Rodney wrote a letter to the editor of the Daily Worker "pointing out some ways they could improve their sports stuff" because in the 1930s, the Communist Party aimed to appeal to the masses through popular culture, adding among other features two full pages of sports coverage. Rodney covered the sports as any sports journalist would, but with an eye on social conscience while showing "the fun side of sports and the beauty, too." His column for The Daily Worker was one of the paper's most popular. Silber combines thorough research with 30 hours of interviews conducted with Rodney to ensure that much of the book is in Rodney's voice a critically well-received biography of a hidden hero. Includes bibliography. B&w plates. (8-7/8"x6"). Signed by Author(s). …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Press Box Red | The Story Of Lester Rodney, | Irwin Silber | Taschenbuch | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | 2003 | Univ of Chicago Behalf of Temple Univ Press | EAN 9781566399746 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Mare Nostrum Group B.V., Doelen 72, 4831 GR BREDA, NIEDERLANDE, gpsr[at]mare-nostrum[dot]co[dot]uk | Anbieter: preigu. …