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Bartlett, Vincent (father), 12
Bavasi, Buzzy, 172, 209
Beavers, George, Jr., 2
Belafonte, Harry, 178, 179
Bell, Madison, 48–50, 117
Berkley, Tom, 36, 66, 69, 122
Berry, Leroy, 164
The Birth of a Nation, 17
Black, Joe, 206, 229
Black, William H., 220, 221
Black Jesus, 183
Black Panthers, 225
Blake, George V., 112
Blewett, Jim, 93
Boetticher, Budd, 184
Borgnine, Ernest, 183
Borisoff, Norman, 49
Bostic, Joe, 157–58
Boston Red Sox, 136–37
Bradley, Crenner (mother), 19–20
“Bradley effect,” 216, 235
Bradley, Ethel Arnold (wife), 105–6
Bradley, Lee (father), 19–20
Bradley, Lorraine (daughter), 217
Bradley, Tom, xii, 161; achievements, 216; becomes active in politics, 163–64; colorblind, 166–67, 211; death of, 219; declines to seek six term as mayor, 218; defeated for governor 1982 and 1986, 214–16, 217; defeats Yorty for mayor in 1973, 166–68; discrimination in police department, 131–33; early life, 18–21; elected to City Council, 164–65; first black mayor of Los Angeles, xiv, 211; fraternity, 68; heart attack, stroke 1996, 218; joins Los Angeles Police Department, 104–5; leaves police department, 163; legacy, 231–32, 235–36; loses race for mayor in 1969, 165–66; migration to Los Angeles, 1; passes bar examination, 163, Polytechnic High School, 27; racial discrimination, 161–62; recruited by UCLA, 65–66; re-elected mayor 1981, 213–14; rejected by Coast Guard, Army Air Corps, 131; relationship with Robinson, Washington, and Strode, 36, 67; Rodney King riots, 218; Sphinx of City Hall, 212; sports, interest in, 21–22; track at UCLA, 67–68; waived by draft board, 131
Bragan, Bobby, 189
Branca, Ralph, 199, 229
Branch, William, 222
Brazil, Bob, 180
Briley, Pearl, 21
Brisbane, Arthur, 41
Brookings, H. H., 164, 165
Brooks, Richard, 184
Brower, William A., 111
Brown, Cheryl, 237
Brown, Edmund G. “Pat,” 133, 215
Brown, George, 226
Brown, Jefferson, 32
Brown, Joe E., 26
Brown, Paul, 141
Buckley, Bill, 225
Bunche, Ralph, xiii
Burke, Bessie, 15
Bush, George W., 234
Cabot, Bruce, 171
Cagney, Jimmy, 65
Cairo, Georgia, 7, 198
Calleia, Anton, 165
Campanella, Roy, 200, 201, 202
Campanis, Al, 157
Campbell, Blanche, 71
Campbell, Bob, 71, 73–74, 103
Cannon, Jimmy, 192–93
Canote, Terence Towles, 237
Cantor, Izzy, 78
Carter, Jimmy, 216–17
Carver, George Washington, 68
Casey, Hugh, 189
Chambers, Mike, 94
Chandler, Albert Benjamin “Happy,” 154–55, 190
Chapman, Ben, 195, 196, 199
Cheatham, Leon, 219
Chicago White Sox, 61
Civil Rights Act, 225
Civil Rights Movement, 181, 232
Clark, Jane Forbes, 227
Clemente, Roberto, 189
Cobb, Ty, 46
Cohn, Milt, 104, 108
Communist Party, xiv, 4, 37, 41, 136, 138, 167, 225
Connolly, Will, 154
Connor, Bull, 227
Cosby, Bill, 171
Count Basie, 94, 145
Cozens, Fred W., 30, 31
Crain, Jeanne, 171
The Crisis, 40
Cromwell, Dean, 41–42
Crosby, Bing, 112, 200, 223
Curb, Mike, 214
Daily Bruin, 37, 49, 86, 89, 116, 122–23
Daley, Arthur, 191
Danzig, Allison, 96
Davis, Bette, 65, 171
Davis, Edward M., 213
Davis, George T., 124
Davis, Glenn, 124
Dedeaux, Rod, 53
De Havilland, Olivia, 65
DeMille, Cecil B., 177, 184
Deukmejian, George, 214–16, 217
Dickerson, Eric, 84
DiMaggio, Joe, 53, 201
Doby, Larry, 187, 189, 200, 208
Dorn, Warren, 173
Douglas, Helen Gahagan, 171
Douglas, Kirk, 177, 185, 237
Downs, Karl, 13, 136
Drake, Elvin “Ducky,” 66, 68–69
Du Bois, W. E. B., 1
Duckett, Alfred, 222
Duffy, Hugh, 137
Dunlap, Sam, 32
Durante, Jimmy, 65
Durocher, Leo, 137, 169–70, 190, 192, 208
Dyer, Braven, 76, 77, 91–92
Dykes, Jimmy, 61, 128
East-West game, 108–9
Eastwood, Clint, 184, 185, 237
Edmonds, Jefferson L., 1
Eisenhower, Dwight, 223
Elkins, Billie, 21
Ephebians, 29
Erskine, Carl, 201
Farrakhan, Louis, 217
Feller, Bob, 153, 226–27
Fenenbock, Charlie, 77
Fentress, Cullen, 56, 96
Finch, Frank, 78
Flamming, Douglas, 3
Flynn, Errol, 65–66
Follis, Charles, 111
football revenue, 75–76
Ford, Gerald, 165
Ford, John, 80, 178, 179, 183, 184
Frankovich, Mike, 171, 180
Frick, Ford, 154, 197–98
Furillo, Carl, 189, 190
Gates, Daryl, 213
Gengis Khan, 180
George, Gorgeous, 175, 236
Gephardt, Dick, 197
Gilliam, Junior, 206, 229
Gilmore, Buck, 90
Glick, Shav, 102
Gold, Sid, 176, 180
Goldenberg, Charles “Buckets,” 109
Goldfarb, Lyn, 236
Goldwater, Barry, 225
Gone with the Wind, 17
Gonzalez, Fredi, 208
Goodlowe, Alfred, 21
Goodwin, Doris Kearns, 232
Gordon, Jack, 57, 60
Gore, Al, 219
Grange, Red, 90, 143
Great Depression, 3
Greenberg, Hank, 197
Groomes, Mel, 142
Guenther, Adaline, 105
Halas, George, 110, 140
Harding, Halley, 141, 176
Harmon, Tom, 107, 126, 143, 146, 169, 176
Harridge, Will, 154
Harrison, Rex, 171
Hartsfield, Arnett, 67
Haynes, Marcus, 136
Hayward, Susan, 183
Hazzard, Norman, 192
Henderson, Edwin Bancroft, xii, 39, 41, 42
Heston, Charlton, 180
Hickey, Red, 176
Higbe, Kirby, 189
Hill, Herman, 61, 141
Hill, Melvin, 219
Hirshon, Hal, 51–52
Hitler, Adolf, 46
Hodges, Gil, 201
Holden, William, 183
Holland, Brud, 111
Hollingbery, Babe, 48, 126
Hollywood Anti-Nazi League, 42, 95
Hollywood Bears, 114, 128, 130
Hoover, Edgar J., 225
Hopper, Clay, 155–56, 159
Hornsby, Rogers, 152
Horrell, Edwin C. “Babe,” xi, 64, 71, 83, 85–86, 90, 93, 98, 99, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121
Housing covenants, 5
Houston, Norman O., 176
Howell, Dixie, 159
Hume, Helen, 94
Humphrey, Hubert H., 225
Hyland, Dick, 118, 143
Illegal benefits, xiii, 63, 70–74
Ives, Hank, 62
Jackie Robinson Foundation, 233
The Ja
ckie Robinson Story, 171, 204
Jackson, Bo, 124
Jackson, Jesse, 229
Jackson, Samuel L., 237
Janss, Ed, 71
Jefferson High School, 24, 43
Jethroe, Sam, 137
Jim Crow racism, xiii, 1, 3, 8, 133, 136, 138, 139
John Birch Society, 167
John Muir Technical High School, 23
Johns, Wilbur, 101–3, 122
Johnson, Hugh S., 42, 54
Johnson, Lyndon, 224, 225
Johnson, Rafer, 172
Jones, Howard, 43, 52, 63
Jones, Sam “Sad,” 205
Jordan, Vernon, 198
Kahn, Roger, 103, 137
Kawai, Shig, 58
Keeler, O. B., 42
Kennedy, John F., 221, 222, 224
Kimbrough, John, 118
Kiner, Ralph, 186
King, Martin Luther, 221, 224, 227, 232–33
King, Rodney, 218
Knight, Goodwin, 176
Kubrick, Stanley, 184
Ku Klux Klan, 5, 140, 201
Lacefield, 66, 69
Lacey, Sam, 97, 199
Lancaster, Burt, 171, 181
Landis, Kenesaw Mountain, 61, 137
Lansdell, Grenny, 97
Leahy, Ed, 28
Le Gon, Jeni, 112
Levin, Blair, 211–12
Lillard, Joe, 111, 140
Lindsay, Gilbert, 164
Lloyd Charles, 131
Long, Michael G., 222
Look magazine, 209–10
Los Angeles Bulldogs, 126, 128
Luisetti, Hank, 102
Luke, Sherrill, 37
LuValle, James, xiv, 66
Mack, Connie, 154
Macker, Gordon, 144
Mackey, Clarence, 85–86
Major Dundee, 180
Malloy, Tom, 57
Manchel, Frank, 181, 183
Mann, Bob, 142
Mantle, Mickey, 195, 203
Marshall, George Preston, 110, 142–43
Martin, Charles H., 86
Marvin, Lee, 181
Mathews, Ned, 50, 89, 98, 120
Matthews, Charles, 163
Mature, Victor, 171
May, Gloria, 151
Mays, Willie, 209
McAdams, Dean, 88
McBain, Carl, 104
McBride, Joseph, 179
McClendon, Lloyd, 208
McClintock, Brandon, 233
McCoy, Horace, 49
McDonald, Henry, 111
McElhenny, Hugh, 62
McGovern, George, 226
McPherson, Don, xiii, 98, 117
Metten, Carl, 101
Meyer, Dutch, 85
Milestone, Lewis, 177
Miller Earl J., 73
Mills, Billie, 164
Mondale, Walter, 217
Montgomery, Jack, 77
Motley, Marion, 141, 187, 238
Mulleneaux, Carl, 109
Murray, Jim, 16, 46, 231
Musial, Stan, 198
Naison, Mark, 137
National Association of Colored People (NAACP), 1, 40, 95, 220–21, 223
National Youth Administration (NYA), 125–26
Nevers, Ernie, 143
Newcombe, Don, 172, 187, 202, 229, 232
Neyland, Bob “Major,” 96
Nixon, Richard, 171, 221, 222, 224, 225, 226
Noren, Irv, 186
Obama, Barack, 236
Occidental College, xii, 31, 33
Oliver, Tex, 87, 92, 120
Olivier, Laurence, 177
Olson, Culbert L., 108
O’Malley, Peter, 228
O’Malley, Walter, 204–5, 206, 207, 228
O’Rourke, Frank, 181
Owens, Jesse, 41, 42, 54–55
Paige, Satchel, 154
Parker, Dan, 196
Parker, William H., 165
Pasadena, discrimination, 4–5, 8
Pasadena Junior College, 24, 54
Patterson, Ellis E., 108
Patterson, Floyd, 227
Pearl Harbor, 127–28, 129, 131
Peck, Gregory, 177
Peckinpah, Sam, 189
Pennock, Herb, 194
Pepper Street Gang, 11
Phelan, Jimmy, 88
Phoenix Junior College, 58
Pickens, Larry, 57
Plasman, Dick, 126
Podres, Johnny, 207
Poitier, Sidney, 178, 179
Pollard, Fritz, 48, 111
Pomona College, xii, 31, 33
Pork Chop Hill, 177
Poulson, Norris, 166
Powers, Jimmy, 109
Price, Nibs, 102, 123
The Professionals, 181
Promised Land, 5, 8, 14
racial conflicts, 35–37, 40–42, 95
racial nicknames, 84, 90–93
Rampersad, Arnold, 36
Rank, Adam, 238–39
Rapoport, Ron, 228, 232
Rawhide, 184
Ray, Bob, 121
Reagan, Ronald, 217, 234
Reese, Pee Wee, 188, 189, 192, 194, 196, 201, 206, 229
Reeves, Dan, 141, 142, 146
Regner, Bill, 120
Reiser, Pete, 134
The Revengers, 183
Rhames, Ving, 237
Richards, Ray, 92–93
Richie, Bert, 43
Rickey, Branch, 138, 141, 146, 150–55, 158, 170, 187–88, 190, 192, 193, 194, 195, 200, 201, 204, 205, 208, 227, 231
Rickey, Branch, Jr., 152
Riefenstahl, Leni, 46
Riordan, Richard, 219
Rivera, Mariano, 230
Roberts, Bill, 215
Roberts, Dave, 208
Robeson, Paul, 48, 111, 204
Robinson, David (son), 230
Robinson, Edgar (brother), 8, 10, 221
Robinson, Edward, 141
Robinson, Frank (brother) 8, 54, 64, death, 82
Robinson, Frank (player/manager), 209
Robinson, Jackie, xii, 66, 76, 84, 100, 104, 142, 143, 149, 169, 172, 173, 191, 219; 1939 football season, 84–98; 1940 football season, 116–22; arrested, 82–83; Boston Red Sox tryout, 136–37; court martial charges, 134–35; establishes bank, 223; baseball at Pasadena Junior College, 56, 60; baseball at UCLA, 103; basketball at UCLA, 101–3, 122–23; breaking baseball color barrier, xiv, 111; busts, 56; coaches basketball at Samuel Huston College, 136; College All-stars, 126; compared to Red Grange, 90; death of, 229–30; death of son, 172; diabetes, 221, 228; Dodgers win World Series 1955, 207; drops out of UCLA, 123; early interest in sports, 11–12; early life, 7–11; elected to Baseball Hall of Fame, 226–27; football, basketball discrimination at Pasadena Junior College, 57–59, 61, 62; golf, 82, 223–24; hatred for Pasadena, 63; high school sports, 23–24; Honolulu Bears, 127; inducted into Army, 128–29; joins Chock Full O’Nuts, 220; legacy, 231–35; on managing, 207–8; marries Rachel Islum, 155; mentors, 13; migration to Los Angeles, 1; at Montreal, 157–60; Most Valuable Player 1949, 203; number retired, 228–29; Olympics (1940), 81, 101; opening day 1947, 192; plays in Negro leagues, 136; pro basketball, 186–87; racial harassment in Philadelphia, 195–96; racism in military, 133; recruiting, 63–64; refused food at Stanford, 89; retires, 209–10; Rookie of the Year 1947, 199; signs with Dodgers, 149–55; spring training in 1947, 187; track at Pasadena City College, 56–57, 60; traded to Giants, 209; TV baseball analyst, 227; Vietnam War, 224; writes for New York Post, Amsterdam News, 222; writes I Never Had It Made, 222; years at Pasadena Junior College, 24, 54
Robinson, Jackie, Jr. (son), 172, 228
Robinson, Jerry (father), 7
Robinson, Mack (brother), 8, 23, 46, 173; in brother’s shadow, 56; busts, 56; diabetes, 221; discrimination after Olympics, 55–56; Olympics, 54–55; track at Pasadena Junior College, 55–57, 60
Robinson, Mallie (mother), 7–13, 124, 227
Robinson, Rachel Isum (wife), 4, 9, 123–24, 149, 155, 156, 173, 186, 197, 201, 204, 207, 221, 227, 228, 229,
233
Robinson, Sharon (daughter), 230
Robinson, Willa Mae (sister), 8, 10–11, 12, 23
Rockefeller, Nelson, 225
Rockne, Knute, 32
Rodney, Lester, 137–39, 232
Rose Bowl controversy, 95–97, 99
Roybal, Ed, 133
Rozelle, Pete, 171
Ruck, Rob, 137
Rudd, Irving, 229
Russell, Bill, 229
Ryan, Robert, 181
Ryland, Johnny, 50
Sanders, Deion, 124
San Francisco Clippers, 130
Saperstein, Abe, 187
Sayers, Gale, 84
Schramm, Tex, 140
Schultz, Howie “Stretch,” 191, 196
Seminick, Andy, 199
Sergeant Rutledge, 178
sharecroppers, 7
Sharif, Omar, 189
Shatford, Hank, 92
Shaughnessy, Clark, 118, 120
Shaw, Buck, 94, 117–18
Shaw, Frank, 5
Sheridan, Ann, 65
Shotton, Burt, 192
Sieber, Dick, 57
Sifford, Charlie, 223
Simpson. O. J., 62, 84
Slater, Duke, 111
Slaughter, Enos “Country,” 198
Smith, Red, 150
Smith, Wendell, 200
Snider, Duke, 60, 62, 203
Snipes, Wesley, 237
Snyder, Bob, 142, 145–46
Sonenshein, Raphael J., 2, 5, 211
Sotomayor, Alison, 236
Southern Methodist University (SMU), xiii, 40, 48–50
Spartacus, 177
Spaulding, Bill, 23, 44, 50, 52, 64, 79; hired as football coach, 32–33; last year coaching, 76
Spink, J. G. Taylor, 138
Stack, Robert, 178
Standlee, Norm, 119, 120
Stanford Daily cartoon, 119
Stanford University, 33, 89
Stanky, Eddie, 188, 201
Starr, Kevin, 235
Staubach, Roger, 62
Stengel, Casey, 208
Stephens, Kent, xi
Stewart, Jimmy, 179
Stiles, Maxwell, 51
St. Mary’s College, 35, 53
Storey, “Sad Sam,” 35
Strode, Baylous (father), 14
Strode, Baylous, Jr. (brother), 14
Strode, Kalaeloa, Luukialuana (wife), 79–80, 146, 184
Strode, Kalai (son), 237–38
Strode, Tina Tompson (wife), 184
Strode, Tollie, Jr. (nephew), 181
Strode, Woodrow Wilson Woolwine “Woody,” xii, 16, 26, 53, 65, 66, 69, 70, 75, 76, 79–80, 84, 113–14, 172, 175, 176, 204; 1937 season, 46–53; 1938 season, 76–80; 1939 season, 84–98; academics 44; acting career, 176–81; breaking pro football color barrier, xiv, 140–47; Canadian football, 147–48; Civil Rights Movement 181–82; death of, 185; discrimination by opponents, 48–50; discrimination by teammates, 45; drops out of UCLA, 105–6; early years, 13–14; inducted into army, 129; illegal benefits, 63, 70–74; Jefferson High School, 24–26; legacy, 231–32, 236–38; military discrimination, 115, 125, 129–30; Olympic hopes, 46–47, 106; physique, 46; racial composition, 14; on racism, 4; recruited by UCLA, 25–26, 43–44; wife dies, 184, wrestling, 129, 175–76, 179–80