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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Association Française d'Etudes Américaines
2012-06-01
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Series: | Transatlantica |
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Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/5462 |
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