“For us here in League 42, it’s a symbol of everything,” he said. “We try to stand for perseverance, overcoming odds, not giving up — everything that Jackie Robinson stood for and was ...

Dodgers great Jackie Robinson was a household name before he broke the Major League Baseball color barrier in 1947. In ...

Robinson was the first Black player to break major league baseball’s color barrier, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers Montreal ...

A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball ...

Jackie Robinson wasn't known for flashy displays, but his 1949 Buick Roadmaster was a statement in itself. This wasn't your average ride. It was a luxurious symbol of success, a car that ...

Jackie Robinson was an exceptional athlete and a civil rights leader. On April 15, 1947, he broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball when he trotted out to first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

"Jackie Robinson's impact was greater than just that of baseball. He was a transforming agent and in the face of such hostility and such meanness and violence, he did it with such amazing dignity.

Jack Roosevelt Robinson rose from humble origins to break the color barrier in baseball, becoming one of the most beloved men in America. Born to tenant farmers in rural Georgia and raised in ...

On this day in 1919, baseball and civil rights icon Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia. Best known for breaking Major League Baseball’s color barrier when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers ...