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J/BIOGRAPHY/796.357/CLEMENTE,R
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©2024
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1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
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Contains historical backmatter including photgraphs, timeline, glossary and and translation of Spanish phrases included in the text
Winner of the 2025 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award
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
In English with some Spanish vocabulary and quotations
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Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History
Baseball -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Baseball -- Social aspects -- United States
Hispanic American baseball players
Baseball players -- United States -- Biography
Baseball players -- Puerto Rico -- Biography
Pittsburgh Pirates (Baseball team)
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Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award
Bluestem Award: Illinois Grades 3-5 Readers' Choice Award Nominee 2027
AHML Diversity book project -- Multicultural interest
AHML Diversity book project -- Latinx interest
AHML Diversity book project -- Indigenous interest
AHML Diversity book project -- Equity & social issues
AHML Diversity book project -- Black interest
AHML Diversity book project -- Asian & Pacific Islander interest