Call me Roberto! : Roberto Clemente goes to bat for Latinos /
Alonso, Nathalie,
Call me Roberto! : Roberto Clemente goes to bat for Latinos / Roberto Clemente goes to bat for Latinos Nathalie Alonso ; art by Rudy Gutierrez. - First edition. - 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Contains historical backmatter including photgraphs, timeline, glossary and and translation of Spanish phrases included in the text.
Includes bibliographical references.
Young Roberto loved baseball so much that he played with a tree branch and tin cans in Carolina, Puerto Rico, practicing until he was chosen to play for a Major League team -- in chilly Montreal! Although he showed his talent as part of the Pittsburgh Pirates, he still faced discrimination from people who wouldn't accept a Black man who demanded to be called Roberto instead of Bob in the middle of the nuclear-family 1950s. Even after becoming an All-Star and winning a World Series, he had to remain segregated in Black hotels during spring training in Florida, but he never stopped speaking Spanish and demanding recognition.
9781635928112 1635928117
2023914428
GV865.C45 / A46 2024
796.357092 B
Call me Roberto! : Roberto Clemente goes to bat for Latinos / Roberto Clemente goes to bat for Latinos Nathalie Alonso ; art by Rudy Gutierrez. - First edition. - 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Contains historical backmatter including photgraphs, timeline, glossary and and translation of Spanish phrases included in the text.
Includes bibliographical references.
Young Roberto loved baseball so much that he played with a tree branch and tin cans in Carolina, Puerto Rico, practicing until he was chosen to play for a Major League team -- in chilly Montreal! Although he showed his talent as part of the Pittsburgh Pirates, he still faced discrimination from people who wouldn't accept a Black man who demanded to be called Roberto instead of Bob in the middle of the nuclear-family 1950s. Even after becoming an All-Star and winning a World Series, he had to remain segregated in Black hotels during spring training in Florida, but he never stopped speaking Spanish and demanding recognition.
9781635928112 1635928117
2023914428
GV865.C45 / A46 2024
796.357092 B