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

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 ...

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

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

The now 90-year-old remembers being Jackie Robinson's first bat boy. A pro baseball player who changed the sport forever. "Not only did he break the racial barrier for major league baseball ...

Jackie Robinson was an exceptional athlete ... He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. But before Robinson was breaking records and barriers in the pro ranks, he was a star at ...

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 ...

Dodgers great Jackie Robinson was ... down and the fans cheered. Robinson didn't seem to pay any attention to any of it." Still, he got just one hit in 10 at-bats in Louisville.