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The Black Bruins : the remarkable lives of UCLA's Jackie Robinson, Woody Strode, Tom Bradley, Kenny Washington, and Ray Bartlett, James W. Johnson
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- Summary
- "The Black Bruins chronicles the inspirational lives of five African American athletes who faced racial discrimination as teammates at UCLA in the late 1930s. Best known among them was Jackie Robinson, a four-star athlete for the Bruins who went on to break the color barrier in Major League Baseball and become a leader in the civil rights movement after his retirement. Joining him were Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, and Ray Bartlett. The four played starring roles in an era when fewer than a dozen major colleges had black players on their rosters. This rejection of the "gentleman's agreement", which kept teams from fielding black players against all white teams, inspired black Angelinos and the African American press to adopt the teammates as their own. Washington became the first African American player to sign with an NFL team in the post-World War II era and later became a Los Angeles police officer and actor. Woody Strode, a Bruin football and track star, broke into the NFL with Washington in 1946 as a Los Angeles Ram and went on to act in at least fifty-seven full-length feature films. Ray Bartlett, a football, basketball, baseball, and track athlete, became the second African American to join the Pasadena Police Department, later donating his time to civic affairs and charity. Tom Bradley, a runner for the Bruins track team, spent twenty years fighting racial discrimination in the Los Angeles Police Department before being elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles" --
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiv, 292 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- No bed of roses in Pasadena
- The Kingfish and Woody
- The high school years
- The little brother
- Obstacles to overcome
- A sorry season
- An easy choice
- Fitting in at UCLA
- Under-the-table help
- Filling the coffers
- High expectations
- A disappointing end to the season
- Decision time
- Passed over by the NFL
- The indispensable Robinson
- World War II beckons
- Moving up in the ranks
- Making NFL history
- The Negro League years
- End of the line at LAPD
- Leaving athletics
- Movie star in the making
- A promotion earned
- Blending in
- Changing Los Angeles
- The civil rights years
- Their legacy
- Isbn
- 9781496201836
- Label
- The Black Bruins : the remarkable lives of UCLA's Jackie Robinson, Woody Strode, Tom Bradley, Kenny Washington, and Ray Bartlett
- Title
- The Black Bruins
- Title remainder
- the remarkable lives of UCLA's Jackie Robinson, Woody Strode, Tom Bradley, Kenny Washington, and Ray Bartlett
- Statement of responsibility
- James W. Johnson
- Title variation
- Black Bruins
- Title variation remainder
- the remarkable lives of UCLAs Jackie Robinson, Woody Strode, Tom Bradley, Kenny Washington, and Ray Bartlett
- Subject
-
- African American athletes
- African American athletes -- California, Southern -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- African American athletes -- United States -- Biography
- African Americans -- California, Southern -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Bartlett, Ray, 1919-2008
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- Bradley, Tom, 1917-1998
- trueCivil rights
- trueCollege sports
- trueDiscrimination in sports
- Discrimination in sports
- Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
- History
- trueProfessional sports
- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- trueRacism
- Racism -- California, Southern -- 20th century
- trueRacism in sports
- Racism in sports
- Racism in sports -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
- SPORTS & RECREATION / History
- trueSegregation
- Sports
- Strode, Woody
- United States
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of California, Los Angeles -- Sports | History -- 20th century
- Washington, Kenny, 1918-1971
- 1900-1999
- trueAfrican American athletes
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The Black Bruins chronicles the inspirational lives of five African American athletes who faced racial discrimination as teammates at UCLA in the late 1930s. Best known among them was Jackie Robinson, a four-star athlete for the Bruins who went on to break the color barrier in Major League Baseball and become a leader in the civil rights movement after his retirement. Joining him were Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, and Ray Bartlett. The four played starring roles in an era when fewer than a dozen major colleges had black players on their rosters. This rejection of the "gentleman's agreement", which kept teams from fielding black players against all white teams, inspired black Angelinos and the African American press to adopt the teammates as their own. Washington became the first African American player to sign with an NFL team in the post-World War II era and later became a Los Angeles police officer and actor. Woody Strode, a Bruin football and track star, broke into the NFL with Washington in 1946 as a Los Angeles Ram and went on to act in at least fifty-seven full-length feature films. Ray Bartlett, a football, basketball, baseball, and track athlete, became the second African American to join the Pasadena Police Department, later donating his time to civic affairs and charity. Tom Bradley, a runner for the Bruins track team, spent twenty years fighting racial discrimination in the Los Angeles Police Department before being elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles" --
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- collective biography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10622155
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1938-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Johnson, James W.
- Dewey number
-
- 796.0922
- B
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GV697.A1
- LC item number
- J65 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Robinson, Jackie
- Strode, Woody
- Bradley, Tom
- Washington, Kenny
- Bartlett, Ray
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of California, Los Angeles
- African American athletes
- Discrimination in sports
- Racism in sports
- African American athletes
- African Americans
- Race relations
- Racism
- SPORTS & RECREATION / History
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
- African American athletes
- Discrimination in sports
- Racism in sports
- Sports
- United States
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the remarkable lives of UCLA's Jackie Robinson, Woody Strode, Tom Bradley, Kenny Washington, and Ray Bartlett
- Label
- The Black Bruins : the remarkable lives of UCLA's Jackie Robinson, Woody Strode, Tom Bradley, Kenny Washington, and Ray Bartlett, James W. Johnson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-283) and index
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- Content type MARC source
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- Contents
- No bed of roses in Pasadena -- The Kingfish and Woody -- The high school years -- The little brother -- Obstacles to overcome -- A sorry season -- An easy choice -- Fitting in at UCLA -- Under-the-table help -- Filling the coffers -- High expectations -- A disappointing end to the season -- Decision time -- Passed over by the NFL -- The indispensable Robinson -- World War II beckons -- Moving up in the ranks -- Making NFL history -- The Negro League years -- End of the line at LAPD -- Leaving athletics -- Movie star in the making -- A promotion earned -- Blending in -- Changing Los Angeles -- The civil rights years -- Their legacy
- Control code
- 1922882
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 292 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781496201836
- Lccn
- 2017038821
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781496201836
- (OCoLC)1008774398
- Label
- The Black Bruins : the remarkable lives of UCLA's Jackie Robinson, Woody Strode, Tom Bradley, Kenny Washington, and Ray Bartlett, James W. Johnson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-283) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- No bed of roses in Pasadena -- The Kingfish and Woody -- The high school years -- The little brother -- Obstacles to overcome -- A sorry season -- An easy choice -- Fitting in at UCLA -- Under-the-table help -- Filling the coffers -- High expectations -- A disappointing end to the season -- Decision time -- Passed over by the NFL -- The indispensable Robinson -- World War II beckons -- Moving up in the ranks -- Making NFL history -- The Negro League years -- End of the line at LAPD -- Leaving athletics -- Movie star in the making -- A promotion earned -- Blending in -- Changing Los Angeles -- The civil rights years -- Their legacy
- Control code
- 1922882
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 292 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781496201836
- Lccn
- 2017038821
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781496201836
- (OCoLC)1008774398
Subject
- African American athletes
- African American athletes -- California, Southern -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- African American athletes -- United States -- Biography
- African Americans -- California, Southern -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Bartlett, Ray, 1919-2008
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- Bradley, Tom, 1917-1998
- trueCivil rights
- trueCollege sports
- trueDiscrimination in sports
- Discrimination in sports
- Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
- History
- trueProfessional sports
- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- trueRacism
- Racism -- California, Southern -- 20th century
- trueRacism in sports
- Racism in sports
- Racism in sports -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
- SPORTS & RECREATION / History
- trueSegregation
- Sports
- Strode, Woody
- United States
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of California, Los Angeles -- Sports | History -- 20th century
- Washington, Kenny, 1918-1971
- 1900-1999
- trueAfrican American athletes
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