Maraniss, David. "Roberto Clemente: The King of Béisbol | History & Archaeology |
Smithsonian Magazine." History, Travel, Arts, Science, People, Places |
Smithsonian Magazine. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Roberto-Clemente-The-King-of-Beisbol.html (accessed July 24, 2013).
This is an article by David Maraniss that tells a few anecdotes of Clemente's life; the details of his death, and why his helmet is an important piece of history.
Martinez, David.
True Heroes of Baseball The Stories of Jackie Robinson and Roberto
Clemente . Amazon Digital Services, Inc.: Homerunweb books, 2011.
In True Heroes of Baseball David Martinez explores the lives and careers of Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente. Both of these influential figures help to change and shape the history of Major League Baseball and American Society. Jackie Robinson, with the help of Brooklyn Dodgers manager Branch Rickey became the first African American to be signed by a Major League organization. Roberto Clemente became the first Latin American player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. This books explores these men, their lives, and the legacy they left behind.
Mambo montage the Latinization of New York
. New York: Columbia University Press,
2001.
Mambo Montage is a collection of articles by several authors that describe and explain the history of the latinization on New York City through different lenses. In particular for this unit chapter 2 which deals with the culture of Latino baseball in the early 1900's, chapter 3 which deals with the migratory Diaspora of Puerto Ricans to New York compared to that of the African American community, and chapter 8 which deals with the marginalization of Puerto Ricans from hip-hop in the 1970's and 1980's.
Nasaw, David. "At Play in the City." In
Children of the city: at work and at play
. Garden
City, N.Y.: Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1985. 17-38.
Children of the City focuses on the history of children growing up in New York City in the early twentieth century. The importance of sports to migrant communities has been very apparent throughout history and it is important to be able to compare and contrast with other groups and time periods.