In the century before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball and decades before Jack Johnson became the first African American heavyweight boxing champion, a Black man named ...
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, ...
In a continued celebration of Black History Month, our first pick this week is Jackie Robinson. Jack Roosevelt Robinson rose ...
The Washington, D.C., Evening Star reported Monday, Jan. 1, 1940, that “merry crowds” had gathered in the nation’s capital to ...
Robbins, known for his absurdist novels, studied at a forerunner of Virginia Commonwealth University and briefly worked at ...
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Soap Central on MSNWho was Jim Becker? AP Journalist who covered Jackie Robinson's Major League debut dies at 98Jim Becker, a long time journalist who had spent more than 40 years in journalism including a role as a national reporter for ...
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