Tuesday was the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers ... to sit in the back of a Montgomery bus and before the end of legal segregation. Robinson paved the way for the ...

Facing racism and discrimination everywhere, Robinson refused to give in, defying Jim Crow segregation in Pasadena and, as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army, standing up for his rights when ...

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

Racial segregation kept Robinson from playing in MLB ... Armstrong walked on the moon,” Kendrick said. “In many ways, Jackie was our Neil Armstrong.” Robinson’s efforts paved the way ...

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

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 ...

Yes, but: Newlyweds Jackie and Rachel Robinson were bumped ... Florida, because of segregation. Zoom out: Robinson was the 1947 Rookie of the Year and 1949 MVP. His MLB ranks across his first ...

Segregation prevented him from debuting until the age of 28, yet he still led the NL in wins above replacement five times after breaking the color barrier. A career .311 hitter, Robinson had gap ...