One of the most revered public figures of the 20th Century, Jackie Robinson is remembered for both his athletic prowess and his strong personal character. The world knows him as the man who crossed baseball's color line, but there is much more to his legacy. At the conclusion of his baseball career, Robinson continued in his pursuit of social progress. 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.
Robinson's syndicated newspaper columns afforded him the opportunity to provide rich social commentary, while simultaneously exploring his own life and experiences. 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, from loving his wife Rachel to despising Barry Goldwater, from complaining about Cassius Clay's verbosity to teaching Little Leaguers how to lose well.
Jackie wrote to prod and provoke, inflame and infuriate, and sway and persuade. With their pointed opinions, these fascinating 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. Jackie believed that his life after his baseball career was far more important than all of his baseball exploits. Beyond Home Plate shows why he believed this so fervently.
Listen in to a fascinating Clubhouse discussion led by Michael G. Long...
"Havana Hardball: Spring Training, Jackie Robinson, and the Cuban League" with Cesar Brioso
"The Betrayal: The 1919 World Series and the Birth of Modern Baseball" with Charles Fountain
"Game of My Life: NY Mets" with Ed Charles and author Michael Garry
"Pinstripes and Penance / Long Road Home" with John Malangone and Mike Harrison
"At The Ballpark" -- A Phenomenal Panel
"The Dad Report: Fathers, Sons, and Baseball Families" with Kevin Cook
"Crack of the Bat: A History of Baseball on the Radio" with James Walker
"The Colonel and Hug: The Partnership That Transformed The New York Yankees" with Steve Steinberg
"Split Season 1981" with Jeff Katz, the Mayor of Cooperstown
"Billy Martin: Baseball's Flawed Genius" with Bill Pennington
"If These Walls Could Talk: New York Yankees" with Jim Kaat
"A Game of Their Own: Voices of Contemporary Women in Baseball" with Jennifer Ring
"Freedom Between The Lines" with Gregory Rubano
"100 Years of Who's Who in Baseball" with Marty Appel and Doug Lyons
"Amazing Aaron to Zero Zippers" with 16-year-old author Matt Nadel
"Joe Black: More Than A Dodger" with Martha Jo Black
"Gil Hodges: A Hall of Fame Life" with author Mort Zachter
"Circus Maximus" with Andrew Zimbalist
Special Event: "A Baseball Life" with Bill Giles and author John Lord
"The Chalmers Race" with author Rick Huhn
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Halos in the infield ( an angels baseball podcast )
The 3 Old Reds Fans Podcast
MLB Morning Lineup Podcast
Talkin’ Baseball (MLB Podcast)
Section 10