What I found fascinating was just how quickly the best of the young Negro League players were drafted into the major leagues once Branch Rickey broke the color line by hiring Jackie Robinson. It was clear that all of the major league owners already knew the talents of the black ballplayers that they had refused to let into their league.

America believes what's good for us is good for the world. It's very difficult to understand that that's not necessarily true.

Each generation seems to invent its own reasons for war.

Walter Dean Myers Quotes