Read Aloud | I am Jackie Robinson | Storytime with Brad Meltzer

Brad Meltzer does a Storytime about Jackie Robinson. Jackie Robinson always loved sports, especially baseball. But he lived at a time before the Civil Rights Movement, when the rules weren't fair to African Americans. Even though Jackie was a great athlete, he wasn't allowed on the best teams just because of the color of his skin. Jackie knew that sports were best when everyone, of every color, played together. He became the first black player in Major League Baseball, and his bravery changed African American history and led the way to equality in all sports in America. #BlackHistoryMonth #OrdinaryPeopleChangetheWorld More about Brad: Brad Meltzer is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Inner Circle, The Book of Fate, and ten other bestselling thrillers including The Tenth Justice, The First Counsel, The Millionaires, and The President’s Shadow. His thriller, The Escape Artist, debuted at #1 on the bestseller list. His most recent book, The Lincoln Conspiracy, details the true story about a failed assassination attempt on Abraham Lincoln. In addition to his fiction, Brad is one of the only authors to ever have books on the bestseller list for Non-Fiction (The First Conspiracy), Advice (Heroes for My Son and Heroes for My Daughter), Children’s Books (I Am Amelia Earhart and I Am Abraham Lincoln) and even comic books (Justice League of America), for which he won the prestigious Eisner Award.