Jackie Robinson is one of the most revered public figures of the twentieth century.
He is the author, most recently, of Martin Luther King, Jr., Homosexuality, and the Early Gay Rights Movement..
About author(s): Michael Long is the author and editor of several books on politics, religion, and civil rights.
Beyond Home Plate shows why he believed this so fervently.
Robinson believed that his Life After his Baseball career was far more important than all of his Baseball exploits.
These fascinating columns also depict Robinson as an indebted son, a devoted husband, a tenderhearted father, and a hardworking community leader.
With their pointed opinions, his columns reveal that the mature Robinson was a truly American prophet, a civil rights leader in his own right, furious with racial injustice and committed to securing first class citizenship for all.
Robinson wrote to prod and provoke, inflame and infuriate, and sway and persuade.
He was free to write about any subject of his choosing, and he took full advantage of this license, speaking his mind about everything from playing Santa to confronting racism in the Red Sox nation, from loving his wife Rachel to despising Barry Goldwater, from complaining about Cassius Clay\'s verbosity to teaching Little Leaguers how to lose well.
Robinson\'s syndicated newspaper columns afforded him the opportunity to provide rich social commentary while simultaneously exploring his own Life and experiences.
Beyond Home Plate, an anthology of Jackie Robinson\'s columns in the New York Post and the New York Amsterdam News, offers fresh insight into the Hall of Famer\'s Life and work following his historic years on the Baseball diamond.
At the conclusion of his Baseball career, Robinson continued in his pursuit of social progress through his work as a writer.
The world knows him as the man who crossed baseball\'s color line, but there is much more to his legacy.
He is remembered for both his athletic prowess and his strong personal character.
Jackie Robinson is one of the most revered public figures of the twentieth century
