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The United States v. Jackie Robinson
by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen
Illustrator: R. Gregory Christie
Ages: 6+
Published: 2018
Publisher: Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins
ISBN: 978-0-06-228784-7
Keywords: Picture Books for Older Readers, Diversity, Read-Aloud, African Americans History, Biography
After the army was desegregated, Jackie Robinson faced a court martial for refusing to move to the back of a military bus in World War II. Acrylic gouache illustrations.