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Read a book. Learn all about the Dodgers during the time Jackie Robinson joined the team. That was the idea.
The Boys of Summer is a classic. Kahn tells two stories, one about himself growing up in Brooklyn, and the second about interviews he completed with many of the Dodgers during the Robinson days.
The reviewers liked either the first story or the second. Not, usually, both. Me, I liked the second story about the players and the epilogue about what happened later. They're all interesting, actually.
Race was a pretty big issue in the fifties. Might still be if we wanted to talk about it.
The real story here, however, was about how a bunch of baseball players came to respect each other and understand that life isn't necessarily easy for anyone, and that being together - and working together - is a good salve.
References
Kahn, Roger. The Boys of Summer. Perennial Classics. Harper Collins. 1971.