Eig's book reminds us of how much Jackie Robinson endured to provide the next generations a chance and ultimately a choice. And that absent such transcendent talents and vivid personalities ...

Dodger great Jackie Robinson’s life off the field is explored in book ‘Call Him Jack’ Yohuru Williams and Michael G. Long introduce Robinson to middle school readers with “Call Him Jack ...

Read an excerpt from Sharon Robinson's new book on the life of Jackie Robinson — -- After Jackie Robinson retired from Major League Baseball, he moved his family to Conneticuit. In the center ...

Jackie Robinson Day will be celebrated throughout Major League Baseball on Friday, the 75th anniversary of Robinson breaking baseball’s color barrier when he took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Toward the end of his life, Jackie Robinson faced a decision about whether to share "the behind-the-scenes story" of Freedom National Bank in his autobiography, he wrote. In the book published the ...

The title of the book highlights the chasm between the real-life Jack Robinson and the Jackie Robinson narrative often celebrated in schools. In the buildup to Robinson’s first appearance in a ...

After Robinson left the army, Rickey, the then-GM of the Brooklyn Dodgers, saw Jackie play for the Kansas Monarchs. Rickey hired Robinson on October 23, 1945, to play for the Montreal Royals of ...

Jackie Robinson, first baseman of the Brooklyn Dodgers, returns an autograph book to a fan in the stands during the Dodgers’ spring training in Ciudad Trujillo, now Santo Domingo, in the ...

Reportedly included in that bundle was a biography of Jackie Robinson. To date, the Robinson bio has not been purged, though 381 other books have been , but it appears to remain under consideration.

Ed Henry’s excellent 42 Faith (2017) opened the door to exploration of Robinson’s spiritual life and how it shaped his choices as both a public and private figure. Released at roughly the same ...

Amid Florida’s draconian book bans, even “Thank You, Jackie Robinson,” a children’s book by Barbara Cohen and illustrator Richard Cuffari, was pulled from school libraries in Duval County, ...

League 42 founder Bob Lutz reflects on theft of Jackie Robinson statue in Wichita and new one ... six months since the life-sized bronze statue of Jackie Robinson, ... be the book to write. Now ...