Jackie Robinson is an American hero. But he was not treated like one in a confounding move by the United States Department of Defense. The U.S. Department of Defense temporarily removed a section on ...
Baseball player Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier as its first Black athlete. The infielder made his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947, and went on to have a ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Steph Tharpe is a journalist who covers Black enterprise and culture. Jackie Robinson didn't just change baseball — he changed ...
FILE - Baseball Player Jackie Robinson with the Montreal Royals club at Sanford, Fla., March 4, 1946. Bill Chaplis WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon said Wednesday that in "rare cases" it may have ...
(CNN) — Former big leaguers and current youth baseball players were on hand Monday in Kansas as officials unveiled a new statue memorializing Jackie Robinson to replace one stolen and damaged beyond ...
On March 18, 2025, ESPN baseball columnist Jeff Passan made an X post (archived) claiming that the U.S. Department of Defense removed a page about the U.S. Army career of baseball legend Jackie ...
A tribute to Jackie Robinson's Army service was scrubbed from a DOD website. The Pentagon said Wednesday that in "rare cases" it may have deliberately or mistakenly removed some webpages in efforts to ...