Call Him Jack

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An enthralling, eye-opening portrayal of this barrier-breaking American hero as a lifelong, relentlessly proud fighter for Black justice and civil rights. According to Martin Luther King, Jr., Jackie Robinson was “a sit-inner before the sit-ins, a freedom rider before the Freedom Rides.” According to Hank Aaron, Robinson was a leader of the Black Power movement before there was a Black Power movement. According to his wife, Rachel Robinson, he was always Jack, not Jackie—the diminutive form of his name bestowed on him in college by white sports writers. And throughout his whole life, Jack Robinson was a fighter for justice, an advocate for equality, and an inspiration beyond just baseball. From prominent Robinson scholars Yohuru Williams and Michael G. Long comes Call Him Jack, an exciting biography that recovers the real person behind the legend, reanimating this famed figure’s legacy for new generations, widening our focus from the sportsman to the man as a whole, and deepening our appreciation for his achievements on the playing field in the process.

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Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Author : Yohuru Williams
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Release : 2022-09-20
File : 182 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780374389963


Jack And Lem

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Jack and Lem explores the enduring friendship between John F. Kennedy and Kirk Lemoyne Billings (aka "Lem"). Jack Kennedy and Lem Billings met at Choate and remained friends until the Dallas gunfire that ended Kennedy's life thirty years later. Featuring interviews with Ben Bradlee, Gore Vidal, Ted Sorenson, friends, family, and many others, award -- winning journalist David Pitts begins the story with the early friendship between the men. Though Lem never held an official role in the Kennedy administration, his friendship and insight were much valued, so much so that he had his own room at the White House. This is the story of Jack and Lem and the climate for gays during he Kennedy era -- the story of a great friendship that grew and survived against the odds.

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Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Author : David Pitts
Publisher : Hachette UK
Release : 2009-04-27
File : 384 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780786732241


Captain Jack For President

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On a beautiful Spring morning in Jonesport Maine, Captain Jack Harper of Harper Industries walks into Moby s restaurant for his morning cup of Moby s jo, unsuspecting that it would be the beginning of a life change, not only for him, but for his community and quite possibly the country. Captain Jack had been a man of integrity and honor his entire life; a man of service to his community. Little did he know that his community would be asking him to be a man of service for the entire nation. In the quiet of the morning, as the locals debated politics and listened to the typical rhetoric of the incumbent and presidential contenders, a stranger to the town was sitting in the corner taking it all in. As the locals began talking about what life would be like under a presidency of Captain Jack, the stranger became more intrigued about who this Captain Jack character might be. When the townsmen finally approached Jack, encouraging him to make a run for the presidency, the stranger, Dexter Wyman, chair of the Constitution Party, introduced himself and joined the fray. Jack reluctantly accepted the challenge to run under the Constitution part banner, with the assistance of the entire township. Will Jack finish the race? Will he be shutdown before getting off the starting block? Will he be eliminated permanently by organized, empowered politicians who don t appreciate a newcomer to the field?

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Genre : Fiction
Author : John Jones
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Release : 2012-10-24
File : 430 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781479736065


Jack S Yarn Or Perils In The Pacific

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Genre : Adventure stories
Author : Robert Brown (A.B.)
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Release : 1888
File : 386 Pages
ISBN-13 : OXFORD:590172129


Bentley S Miscellany

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Genre : Literature
Author : Charles Dickens
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Release : 1847
File : 678 Pages
ISBN-13 : STANFORD:36105012391517


Your Virtual Success

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The more virtual your business, the more flexible the hours, the lower the overhead, and the greater the profit potential. Your Virtual Success will help a cash-poor entrepreneur, a small business scrambling for expansion capital, an existing business seeking to improve profits, or an independent professional in any service business. Alan Blume's virtual model has resulted in large six-figure deals with people he's never met face to face--and never will-- and small sales that would never be profitable in a traditional business environment. In Your Virtual Success, he demystifies the cost-effective, leading-edge, Internet-based tools that are available to almost everyone, as long as you know what questions to ask and where to look. Your Virtual Success shows any entrepreneur, sole proprietor, partnership, or existing business how to: Leverage new Internet tools to grow your business faster and more profitably. Utilize free or low-cost online resources to hire, manage and expand your business. Rapidly create a new, work-from-home virtual business while minimizing the risks of a traditional startup.

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Genre : Business & Economics
Author : Alan Blume
Publisher : Red Wheel/Weiser
Release : 2010-06-20
File : 241 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781601637420


Tyneside Songs Ballads And Drolleries Etc With A Portrait

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Author : Joseph Wilson (Song-Writer, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.)
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Release : 1873
File : 224 Pages
ISBN-13 : BL:A0026223521


Jack Brag

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Author : Theodore Edward Hook
Publisher :
Release : 1839
File : 460 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015010965088


Amongst The Maoris Etc With Plates

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Author : Emilia Norris (formerly Marryat.)
Publisher :
Release : 1874
File : 404 Pages
ISBN-13 : NLS:V000633883


Jack Tier Or The Florida Reef

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Reproduction of the original: Jack Tier or The Florida Reef by James Fenimore Cooper

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Genre : Fiction
Author : James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Release : 2018-09-20
File : 398 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9783734025495