"Jackie Robinson ... he was drafted into the Army and wound up a second lieutenant. At his court-martial for not moving to the back of the bus, his lawyer said Robinson was on trial not because ...

Facing racism and discrimination everywhere, Robinson refused to give in, defying Jim Crow segregation in Pasadena and, as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army, standing up for his rights when ...

Jim Becker, a long time journalist who had spent more than 40 years in journalism including a role as a national reporter for ...

a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big-league baseball debut and the U.S. Army’s retaking of Seoul during the Korean War, died Friday. He was 98. He died of natural ...

He was the last link to the Dodgers team that made baseball history when Jackie Robinson became the first ... Brown was discharged from the Army in 1947, reported to the Dodgers' spring training ...

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.

Before Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Jackie Robinson became the first Black player in Major League Baseball and embarked on a Hall-of-Fame MLB career, he was a four-sport star at UCLA ...

But then again, there haven't been many people like Jackie ... the Army and wound up a second lieutenant. At his court-martial for not moving to the back of the bus, his lawyer said Robinson ...