Mr. Rickey calls a meeting
(2014)
Fiction
eAudiobook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : L.A. Theatre Works : Made available through hoopla, 2014
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (1hr., 36 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9781580814829 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT11091694, 1580814824 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 11091694
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Edward Asner, Charlie Robinson, Tommy Hicks, Rugg Williams, Sterling Macer, Carl Lumbly, and David Downing
Personality heavyweights collide in 1947 when Joe Louis, Bill Robinson, and Paul Robeson are summoned to discuss the fate of baseball. Mr. Rickey, manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, peruses the support of the aforementioned men as he tips Jackie Robinson as the first black ballplayer. However, racial tensions arise when Robeson questions integrating America's pastime
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