National Pastime
Bryan Harnetiaux
Mr Rickey Calls a Meeting
by Ed Schmidt
Synopsis
Joe Louis, Paul Robeson, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Jackie Robinson, and Brooklyn Dodgers owner Branch Rickey meet in 1947 to discuss a strategy for dropping a baseball bombshell: promoting a black to the major leagues.
That is the premise of this brilliant and timely play.
Issues raised include compensation for the possible demise of the Negro leagues and the advisability of one at a time integration.
If you want freedom of opportunity, do you play by the white's rules or do you demand that he play by yours?
Press Reviews
"Hits a home run."
— Chicago Sun Times
"Engrossing.... A powerful vehicle for analyzing issues of race and society that go beyond baseball."
— Variety
"An involving and entertaining civics lesson on the American past and present."
— Chicago Tribune
Publication
Publisher Samuel French
Year 1994
Binding Paperback
Pages 92
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573694424
ISBN-10 0573694427
LCCN 95227779
LCC PS3569.C51546 M7 1994
DCC 812/.54
Mr Rickey Calls a Meeting is a American black history play written by Ed Schmidt and published by Samuel French in New York (1994).
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