![]() | Reclaiming 42: Public Memory and the Reframing of Jackie Robinson''s Radical Legacy Subjects: Robinson Jackie 1919–1972; African American baseball players -- Biography; Baseball players -- United States -- Biography; Collective memory -- United States; Racism in sports -- United States; Political activists -- United States -- Biography; Major Le; Reclaiming 42 centers on one of America's most respected cultural icons, Jackie Robinson, and the forgotten aspects of his cultural legacy. Since his retirement in 1956, and more strongly in the last twenty years, America has primarily remembered Robinson's legacy in an oversimplified way, as the pioneering first black baseball player to integrate the Major Leagues. The mainstream commemorative discourse regarding Robinson's career has been created and directed largely by Major League Baseball (MLB), which sanitized and oversimplified his legacy into narratives of racial reconciliation that celebrate his integrity, character, and courage while excluding other aspects of his life, such as his controversial political activity, his public clashes with other prominent members of the black community, and his criticism of MLB. David Naze is the dean of academic excellence and support at Joliet Junior College. |
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