Sharon Robinson | Promises To Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America
Recorded Jul 29, 2004
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Sharon Robinson, Jackie Robinson's only daughter, is Vice President of Educational Programming for Major League Baseball. She is the author of the anthology, Jackie's Nine: Jackie Robinson's Values to Live By, and the memoir, Stealing Home. In her new book, Promises to Keep, she shares the story of her father's hard-won victories in baseball, business, politics, and civil rights. The book includes photos from the Robinson family archives and family letters never before published.
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