Tuesday was the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson ... should fight for equal rights. After taking the abuse without retaliation for a while, Robinson spoke out. He demanded respect from his ...

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 ...

After a stint with the minor-league Montreal Royals, Jackie Robinson was the first Black man to play in Major League Baseball and a key contributor to the civil rights movement in the United States.

Jackie Robinson was the first Black man to play Major League Baseball and is a celebrated hero of the Civil Rights Movement and Hall of Famer. He first suited up for the Triple-A Montreal Royals ...

Jack Roosevelt Robinson rose from humble origins to ... working towards economic empowerment for blacks. But as the civil rights movement he had once seemed to embody became more militant, its ...

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

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.

"Daytona Beach’s ballpark has been a historic landmark and reminder of Jackie Robinson, the civil rights movement, and the integration of modern professional baseball," Waltz said. "We must ...