In 1946, Jackie Robinson is a Black League baseball player who never takes racism lying down. Branch Rickey is a Major League team executive with a bold idea. To that end, Rickey recruits Robinson ...
SportsCentury: Disciples of Jackie Robinson celebrates ... under the same spotlight that shined on Robinson, they still felt the stinging effects of racism and discrimination during this historic ...
Tuesday was the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s debut with the ... Montgomery bus and before the end of legal segregation. Robinson paved the way for the struggle of black people against racism ...
A scene from the Black animated series “Peanut Headz: Black History Toonz: Jackie Robinson." Prior to confronting racism in Major League Baseball, Jackie Robinson challenged the racial status ...
Baseball player and civil rights icon Jackie Robinson has been immortalized in many ways — movies, with a larger ... slurs and racism that he endured. “He did it with incredible dignity ...