The Jackie Robinson Museum is a museum dedicated to the life and legacy of Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play professional baseball in the major leagues. Located in New York City ...

Kelly Institute for Local Historical Studies in Brooklyn for an exhibition in ... students and was central to creating the Jackie Robinson Museum, which opened in 2022 in New York City and focuses ...

Jackie Robinson played in Louisville before he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier. He also came to Kentucky for the March on Frankfort.

Baseball player and civil rights icon Jackie Robinson has been immortalized in many ways — movies, with a larger than life statue in Jersey City, and baseball players all wear his number 42 on his ...

Jackie Robinson made history on April 15, 1947, when he broke baseball’s color barrier to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field. While winning Rookie of the Year honors and helping the Dodgers ...

When he did not win the job in camp, it went to Robinson. Ultimately Brooklyn decided on a different first baseman that year: Jackie Robinson, who played all his games as a rookie at first ...

Jackie Robinson was an exceptional athlete and a civil rights leader. On April 15, 1947, he broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball when he trotted out to first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

U.S. News Insider Tip: Tours of the museum and ballpark are available ... River and possessing the charm of days gone by, Jackie Robinson Ballpark is to be visited as much for its rich history ...