Jim Becker, a long time journalist who had spent more than 40 years in journalism including a role as a national reporter for ...

A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball ...

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 ordered to move to the back of a military bus.

Brown would eventually report for his own military duty before being discharged ... time at first base alongside the legendary Jackie Robinson. Suffice to say, Robinson won the competition and ...

"Jackie Robinson's impact was greater than just that ... in 1947 came a year before President Harry Truman desegregated the military and seven years before the Supreme Court ruled desegregation ...

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.

Jackie Robinson led the way for generations of black ... in 1947 came a year before President Harry Truman desegregated the military and seven years before the Supreme Court ruled desegregation ...