Secondary Sources on Jackie Robinson and the Brooklyn Dodgers

Hundreds of great books and articles have been written on Jackie Robinson and his impact on baseball and society as we know it. The following titles proved particularly helpful in producing this exhibit and stand as a great place to start reading.

Golenbock, Peter, and Paul Dickson. Bums: An Oral History of the Brooklyn Dodgers Courier Corporation, 2010.

Graham, Frank. The Brooklyn Dodgers: An Informal History. SIU Press, 1945.

Kahn, Roger. The Boys of Summer. Aurum Press Limited, 2013.

Tygiel, Jules. Baseball’s Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and his Legacy. Oxford University Press, 1997.

Tygiel, Jules. Extra Bases: Reflections on Jackie Robinson, Race, and Baseball HistoryUniversity of Nebraska Press, 2002.