Seventy years ago, Jackie Robinson became the first Major League Baseball player to break the color barrier. All 30 Major League Baseball teams paid tribute to the anniversary Saturday.

Baseball legend Jackie Robinson, born Jan. 31, 1919, in Georgia, broke the color line in Major League Baseball when he started on first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. Robinson con… ...

On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in professional sports in America and became the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball by signing with the then ...

April 15 is recognized nationally as Jackie Robinson Day, and ballparks around the country are also celebrating the 69th anniversary of the day he broke the league’s color barrier in 1947.

He was born 100 years ago in a red-clay corner of Georgia, though for many Americans, Jackie Robinson burst onto the stage fully formed in 1947, a 28-year-old rookie in Dodger flannels.

One of the most transformative figures in American history, Jackie Robinson did more than break baseball's color barrier. He ...

When people think of Jackie Robinson, they remember him as the first black man to play major-league baseball. Sharon Robinson, however, has a different view of the man revered for his courage and ...

The biopic isn't about Smith; it's the story of Jackie Robinson, the Black man who took the field April 15, 1947, for the Brooklyn Dodgers and crashed baseball's color barrier on this day 75 years ...

Emotional '42' paints Jackie Robinson as real-life super hero while avoiding melodrama By Justin Craig , Fox News Published April 11, 2013 12:06pm EDT | Updated April 13, 2016 5:50am EDT ...