Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
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Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson

The Baseball Legend's Battle for Civil Rights during World War II

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eBook - ePub

Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson

The Baseball Legend's Battle for Civil Rights during World War II

About this book

Eleven years before Rosa Parks resisted going to the back of the bus, a young black second lieutenant, hungry to fight Nazis in Europe, refused to move to the back of a U.S. Army bus in Texas and found himself court-martialed. The defiant soldier was Jack Roosevelt Robinson, already in 1944 a celebrated athlete in track and football and in a few years the man who would break Major League Baseball’s color barrier. This was the pivotal moment in Jackie Robinson’s pre-MLB career. Had he been found guilty, he would not have been the man who broke baseball’s color barrier. Had the incident never happened, he would’ve gone overseas with the Black Panther tank battalion—and who knows what after that. Having survived this crucible of unjust prosecution as an American soldier, Robinson—already a talented multisport athlete—became the ideal player to integrate baseball.

This is a dramatic story, deeply engaging and enraging. It’s a Jackie Robinson story and a baseball story, but it is also an army story as well as an American story.

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Information

Publisher
Stackpole Books
Year
2020
eBook ISBN
9780811768627
Topic
History
Subtopic
African American History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Author’s Note
  2. Introduction
  3. 1 Racism: The Two-Headed Snake
  4. 2 Georgia to California
  5. 3 The Athlete Emerges
  6. 4 UCLA and Rachel Isum
  7. 5 Early Stances against Racism
  8. 6 After College
  9. 7 African Americans and Military Service
  10. 8 2nd Lt. Robinson
  11. 9 Medical Issues
  12. 10 Camp Hood, Texas
  13. 11 Back of the Bus
  14. 12 The Charges
  15. 13 The Statements
  16. 14 The Investigation
  17. 15 The Court-Martial
  18. 16 The Verdict
  19. 17 Final Army Days
  20. 18 The Negro Leagues
  21. 19 Branch Rickey
  22. 20 Spring Training
  23. 21 Montreal Royals
  24. 22 Breaking the Color Barrier
  25. 23 Federal Bureau of Investigation
  26. 24 House Un-American Activities Committee
  27. 25 Fame, Death Threats, and Retirement
  28. 26 Life after Baseball
  29. 27 More FBI
  30. 28 Final Days
  31. 29 Legacy
  32. 30 Conclusion
  33. Epilogue: People, Places, Things—Today
  34. Historical Perspective 1: Slavery and Racism
  35. Historical Perspective 2: Grady County, Georgia
  36. Historical Perspective 3: Spanish Flu Epidemic
  37. Historical Perspective 4: Pasadena, California
  38. Historical Perspective 5: African Americans in the Military
  39. Historical Perspective 6: Max Schmeling
  40. Historical Perspective 7: Joe Louis
  41. Historical Perspective 8: 1st and 2nd U.S. Cavalry Divisions
  42. Historical Perspective 9: Texas Race Relations
  43. Historical Perspective 10: McCloskey General Hospital
  44. Historical Perspective 11: Camp Hood, Texas, MP Station
  45. Appendix A: Sworn Statement of 2nd Lt. Jack R. Robinson
  46. Appendix B: Original Charge Sheet
  47. Appendix C: Sworn Statement of Capt. Peelor L. Wigginton
  48. Appendix D: Sworn Statement of Capt. Gerald M. Bear
  49. Appendix E: Sworn Statement of Mr. Milton N. Renegar
  50. Appendix F: Sworn Statement of PFC Ben W. Mucklerath
  51. Appendix G: Sworn Statement of Mr. Bevlia B. Younger
  52. Appendix H: Sworn Statement of Mrs. Elizabeth Poitevint
  53. Appendix I: Sworn Statement of Mrs. Ruby Johnson
  54. Appendix J: Sworn Statement of Acting Cpl. George A. Elwood
  55. Appendix K: Sworn Statement of Sgt. William L. Painter
  56. Appendix L: Sworn Statement of Acting Cpl. Eugene J. Henrie
  57. Appendix M: Sworn Statement of Acting Cpl. Elmer S. Feris
  58. Appendix N: Sworn Statement of Capt. Edward L. Hamilton
  59. Appendix O: Sworn Statement of 1st Lt. George Cribari
  60. Appendix P: Sworn Statement of Pvt. Walter H. Plotkin
  61. Appendix Q: Sworn Statement of Pvt. Lester G. Phillips
  62. Appendix R: Final Charge Sheet
  63. Appendix S: Summary of Telephone Conversation
  64. Appendix T: Letter to Assistant Secretary of War Truman K. Gibson
  65. Appendix U: Second Sworn Statement of Capt. Gerald M. Bear
  66. Appendix V: Sworn Statement of Mrs. Virginia Jones
  67. Appendix W: Request for Retirement from Active Service
  68. Appendix X: Follow Up Request for Retirement from Active Service
  69. Appendix Y: Court-Martial Transcript
  70. Sources/Bibliography
  71. About the Author