and each year the league commemorates the legacy of Brooklyn Dodgers star and Hall-of-Famer Jackie Robinson. Each year on this date, all players from all teams wear Robinson's famous No. 42 on the ...

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

Jackie Robinson played in Louisville before he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier. He also came to Kentucky for the March on Frankfort.

the manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, in his search for a black player with the talent and fortitude to integrate Major League Baseball. On April 15, 1947, Robinson, wearing the number 42 ...

When he did not win the job in camp, it went to Robinson. Ultimately Brooklyn decided on a different first baseman that year: Jackie Robinson, who played all his games as a rookie at first ...

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

Tommy Brown, the last surviving member of the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers and the youngest ... time at first base alongside the legendary Jackie Robinson. Suffice to say, Robinson won the competition ...

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.

Get to the Bag spotlights the remarkable career of Jackie Robinson beyond baseball. The film blends the lyrical narrative of Brooklyn-based rapper Skyzoo and the voices of multiple generations to ...

New York Waterway is christening the newest addition to its fleet, named after one of the most groundbreaking athletes of all ...

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 ...

Tuesday was the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. By now, most — if not all — of you are surrounded by homage to the break-down of the color barrier in baseball.