Jonathan Eig is the New York Times bestselling author of six books, including Ali: A Life, Opening Day: The Story of Jackie ...

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

The U.S. House passed a bill this week that – with Senate approval, possibly Friday – would put Jackie Robinson Ballpark in Daytona Beach on the base path to becoming a National Historic Landmark.

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 a household name before he broke the Major League Baseball color barrier in 1947. In ...

Jack Roosevelt Robinson rose from humble origins to break ... raising money for the NAACP and jailed protesters, supporting the political candidates he believed would push for equality and working ...

The motion to deny came from Clark County Commissioner Tick Segerblom, who has been in All Net CEO and developer Jackie Robinson’s corner, because the lack of progress shown on the 26-acre site.

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.

The death of Ruth Ann Butler sent shockwaves through the Upstate as political figures McMaster and White offer condolences to ...