Jackie Robinson is justly revered as a world-famous American hero for breaking baseball’s color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.  Far less known are the other extraordinary Americans who, against impossible odds, never gave up the struggle to integrate baseball. From the Negro Leagues to the Black press, from Pullman porters to pioneering units under fire in WWII, these unsung heroes kept the dream of an integrated national pastime alive and prepared the path for Robinson—decades before Brooklyn.  Wider appreciation is long past due for their courage and their role in breaking the color barrier. This is their story, told by author and journalist Ted Reinstein.

Ted Reinstein is an award-winning, longtime reporter for Boston’s celebrated nightly-news magazine, “Chronicle.”  His first book, New England Notebook: One Reporter, Six States, Uncommon Stories, was released in May, 2013 by Globe-Pequot Press. National Geographic Traveler named it one of its “Best Picks.” He is also the author of Wicked Pissed: New England’s Most Famous Feuds (Globe Pequot Press/2015), and co-author, with his wife, Anne-Marie, of New England’s General Stores: Exploring an American Classic (GPP/Rowman-Littlefield, Fall 2017).

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