Because state Democratic parties held a lock on the political process in the South, baseball great Jackie Robinson ... the president invoked a rallying cry of the civil rights movement.

a massive campaign in baseball with every ball and uniform emblazoned with a special Jackie Robinson logo, a short film by Spike Lee that will be played at every baseball stadium and a 30-minute ...

Jack Roosevelt Robinson rose from humble origins to ... working towards economic empowerment for blacks. But as the civil rights movement he had once seemed to embody became more militant, its ...

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 ...

After a stint with the minor-league Montreal Royals, Jackie Robinson was the first Black man to play in Major League Baseball and a key contributor to the civil rights movement in the United States.

President Biden ... both houses of Congress. Jackie Robinson was the first Black man to play Major League Baseball and is a celebrated hero of the Civil Rights Movement and Hall of Famer.

Jackie Robinson Ballpark in Daytona Beach was officially designated a Commemorative Site on Saturday. President Joe ... in the history of the Civil Rights movement and Florida,” Waltz said.