Lightner Library-Keuka College

Format:

Book

Author:

Alonso, Nathalie, author.

Title:

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

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher, Date:

New York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, [2024]

Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color), 1 portrait ; 29 cm

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.

Subjects:

Clemente, Roberto, 1934-1972 -- Juvenile literature.

Clemente, Roberto, 1934-1972.

Pittsburgh Pirates (Baseball team) -- Juvenile literature.

Pittsburgh Pirates (Baseball team) -- History.

Baseball players -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Baseball players -- Puerto Rico -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Baseball -- Social aspects -- United States -- Juvenile literature.

Hispanic American baseball players -- Juvenile literature.

Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.

Baseball -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.

Most Valuable Player Award (Baseball) -- Juvenile literature.