The world knows Jackie Robinson for being a pioneer in the sport of baseball. Without a doubt, he was that, but to limit his ...

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – When Jackie Robinson was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1962, his plaque – by his request – made no mention of his role as a pioneer in the game’s path to inclusivity. History ...

Frank Robinson, the Hall of Fame outfielder who hit 586 home runs and became a racial pioneer as the first black manager in the major leagues, nearly three decades after Jackie Robinson broke modern ...

Melany Vasquez didn’t know much about Jackie Robinson. The eighth grader at Collins Middle School in Salem, Mass., had heard ...