Call me Roberto! : Roberto Clemente goes to bat for Latinos Cover Image

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Call me Roberto! : Roberto Clemente goes to bat for Latinos / Nathalie Alonso ; art by Rudy Guiterrez.

Alonso, Nathalie,: (author.). Gutierrez, Rudy,: (illustrator.).

Summary:

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781635928112
ISBN: 1635928117
Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Publisher: New York : Calkins Creek, Astra Books for Young Readers ; 2024.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Contains historical backmatter including photgraphs, timeline, glossary and and translation of Spanish phrases included in the text.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographic references.
Language Note:	In English with some Spanish vocabulary and quotations.