But Robinson's impact extended far beyond baseball: he opened the door for Black Americans to participate in other sports, and was a national figure who spoke and wrote eloquently about inequality. Now, a half-century since Robinson's death, letters come to his widow, Rachel, by the score. True is a probing, richly-detailed, unique biography of Jackie Robinson, one of baseball's-and America's-most significant figures.įor players, fans, managers, and executives, Jackie Robinson remains baseball's singular figure, the person who most profoundly extended, and continues to extend, the reach of the game.
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