Racial Fault-lines in “Baseball’s Great Experiment:” Black Perceptions, White Reactions

This paper examines three facets of the breaking of major league baseball’s color line by Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947: the perception of blacks, the response of white players (whether teammates or opponents), and the reaction of baseball fans. By so doing, the paper will illumina...

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Main Author: Henry D. Fetter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association Française d'Etudes Américaines 2012-06-01
Series:Transatlantica
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/5462
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