Jackie's Nine: Jackie Robinson's Values to

This Inspiring Collection Pays Tribute to baseball legend and civil rights hero Jackie Robinson. Jackie's daughter, Sharon Robinson, acts as a personal tour guide through the nine heartfelt, hard-won values that helped her father achieve his goals. Jackie's own powerful words, as well as the writings of many other heroes and pioneers, bring these nine values to life. Book jacket.

Sharon Robinson, daughter of baseball legend Jackie Robinson, is the author of several works of fiction and nonfiction. She has also written several widely praised nonfiction books about her father, including JACKIE'S NINE: BECOMING YOUR BEST SELF and PROMISES TO KEEP: HOW JACKIE ROBINSON CHANGED AMERICA.

Introduction

COURAGE

In the Shadow of Your Wings

9

(6)

The Meeting

15

(5)

Jules Tygiel

She Walked Alone

20

(9)

Daisy Bates

DETERMINATION

The Capping Ceremony

29

(4)

Breaking the Color Barrier

33

(5)

Jackie Robinson

Still Me

38

(7)

Christopher Reeve

TEAMWORK

Breaking Barriers

45

(8)

The Colonel from ``Old Kaintuck''

53

(5)

Carl Rowan

Together Now! PUSH!

58

(7)

David Robinson

PERSISTENCE

Getting Beyond Average

65

(3)

Wait 'Til Next Year

68

(3)

Jackie Robinson

The Great One

71

(10)

Bruce Markusen

INTEGRITY

Love and War

81

(3)

The Lion at Dusk

84

(6)

Roger Kahn

Old Men by the Fire

90

(9)

David Remnick

CITIZENSHIP

Jazz and Activism

99

(5)

From The Hall of Fame to Birmingham

104

(7)

Jackie Robinson

Parents As Mentors

111

(8)

Marian Wright Edelman

JUSTICE

Turned My Wailing Into Dancing

119

(7)

I Never Had It Made

126

(4)

Jackie Robinson

A Testament of Hope

130

(7)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

COMMITMENT

A Father's Love

137

(4)

Jackie's Prison

141

(6)

Jackie Robinson

Making It Home

147

(10)

Rachel Robinson

EXCELLENCE

A Grand Tribute

157

(5)

Michael Jordan

162

(4)

Bob Greene

Oprah Winfrey

166

(4)

EPILOGUE

Jackie's Nine

170

(4)

EULOGY

A Temple of God

174

Reverend Jesse L. Jackson

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