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Jackie Robinson Day this year comes just a few weeks after the Trump administration tried to erase the baseball icon and American hero.
Money is donated, time is volunteered, the Jackie Robinson Foundation is included, and yet the entire day transmits a kind of kumbaya energy, one that whispers saccharine comforts in a post-racial ...
Robinson and his manager for radio and television appearances came up, and we were introduced, learning that the latter’s name is Harry Solow. “Jackie don’t have to lay awake nights worrying ...
Major League Baseball annually honors the extraordinary contributions of Jackie Robinson and his critical role in the integration of modern professional sports. This week, active players displayed ...
Police in Wichita, Kansas, say a man who was already in custody has been charged in the theft of a bronze statue of Jackie Robinson that was later found dismantled and burned.
There's no evidence that Dodgers legend Pee Wee Reese said these exact words to Jackie Robinson, but in the movie 42, he shares these words to the actor playing Robinson, the late Chadwick Boseman.
New York City's Department of Transportation swung and missed with a road sign for the Jackie Robinson Parkway that spelled the Baseball Hall of Famer's first name as "Jakie." ...
An article on Robinson’s military career was restored to the Defense Department’s website. It’s a reminder that we can beat back the racist right.
Dodger great Jackie Robinson’s life off the field is explored in book ‘Call Him Jack’ Yohuru Williams and Michael G. Long introduce Robinson to middle school readers with “Call Him Jack ...
It was bad enough that several people last week sawed a statue of American icon and baseball legend Jackie Robinson off at the ankles and stole it from the pavilion that bears Robinson’s name in ...
Jackie Robinson is an American hero and the Trump administration still tried to erase him from our history.
Jackie Robinson Day is a celebration for baseball, but the league's passivity in light of recent events is a disservice to Robinson's legacy.