Retro Louisville | Jackie Robinson visits Kentucky as baseball player, social justice advocate
Jackie Robinson played in Louisville before he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier. He also came to Kentucky for the March on Frankfort.
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Before Becoming an MLB Pioneer, Jackie Robinson Was a Minor League Idol
Dodgers great Jackie Robinson was a household name before he broke the Major League Baseball color barrier in 1947. In Montreal, at least, where the fans accepted and revered him. That’s where ...
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Police Have Identified Man Who Stole Jackie Robinson Statue
Police announced the arrest of a 45-year-old man in connection to the stolen Jackie Robinson statue. On Tuesday, police charged Ricky Alderete with felony theft for taking the bronze statue at ...
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In Jackie Robinson’s Georgia hometown, Chipper Jones honors ‘trailblazer of epic proportion’
A little more than a century after Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Ga., Chipper Jones traveled to the rural southwest ...
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Here's how Jackie Robinson fueled Montreal to a Minor League title in 1946
A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball celebrates Black History Month with stories of Black baseball pioneers.