Every MLB team has retired his No. 42 jersey, and on the anniversary of his first appearance for the Dodgers ... field after him. In 1981, UCLA opened its new baseball park, Jackie Robinson ...
Robinson was the first Black player to break major league baseball’s color barrier, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers Montreal ...
Branch Rickey and Bill Veeck, recognizing the positive impact of baseball integration to the bottom line of baseball, were pioneers in signing stars like Jackie Robinson, Larry Doby, Don Newcombe, ...
Dodgers great Jackie Robinson was a household name before he broke the Major League Baseball color barrier in 1947. In ...
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 ...
New York Waterway is christening the newest addition to its fleet, named after one of the most groundbreaking athletes of all ...
He was the last link to the Dodgers team that made baseball history when Jackie Robinson became the first ... having played only shortstop and right field in his prewar tenure.
Jackie Robinson played in Louisville before he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier. He also came to Kentucky for the March on Frankfort.
There are newspaper and magazine articles, Nike commercials, a massive campaign in baseball with every ball and uniform emblazoned with a special Jackie Robinson ... Field became a mixed crowd of ...
Baseball history changed forever with Jackie Robinson. Honored in McDonald's Faces of Black History 2025 live on the 360Wise.
"Spring training is the opportunity for families to unite," explained Traer Van Allen, general manager of the minor-league St ...