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Author Johnson, James W., 1938- author.

Title The Black Bruins : the remarkable lives of UCLA's Jackie Robinson, Woody Strode, Tom Bradley, Kenny Washington, and Ray Bartlett / James W. Johnson
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 292 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
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
Summary "The intertwined story of five influential African American athletes who came together as teammates at UCLA in the 1930s"-- Provided by publisher
"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"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-283) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972.
Strode, Woody
Bradley, Tom, 1917-1998.
Washington, Kenny, 1918-1971.
Bartlett, Ray, 1919-2008.
Washington, Kenny, 1918-1971
Strode, Woody
Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972
Bradley, Tom, 1917-1998
University of California, Los Angeles -- Sports -- History -- 20th century
University of California, Los Angeles
African American athletes -- United States -- Biography
Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Racism in sports -- United States -- History -- 20th century
African American athletes -- California, Southern -- Social conditions -- 20th century
African Americans -- California, Southern -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Race relations -- History -- 20th century
Racism -- California, Southern -- 20th century
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)
Racism
Race relations
African Americans -- Social conditions
African American athletes -- Social conditions
African American athletes
Discrimination in sports
Racism in sports
Sports
Southern California
United States
Genre/Form collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
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