Dodgers great Jackie Robinson was a household name before he broke the Major League Baseball color barrier in 1947. In ...

Robinson was the first Black player to break major league baseball’s color barrier, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers Montreal ...

Dodgers great Jackie Robinson ... That’s where Robinson -- a 27-year old World War II veteran -- led the Royals to what was called the “Junior World Series,” or “Little World Series." ...

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.

In 1948, Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn ... They met in the National League Championship Series, which the Dodgers won. They went on to win the 1988 World Series. The Mets and Dodgers both ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big-league baseball debut and the U.S. Army’s retaking of Seoul during the Korean War, died Friday. He was 98. He ...

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

After spending 1946 serving in the US Army, he returned to Brooklyn to play in the 1947 season. That year, Brooklyn general manager Branch Rickey promoted first baseman Jackie Robinson to the ...

A suspect has been arrested and charged in connection with the theft and destruction of a statue of baseball legend Jackie Robinson ... a six-time All-Star, won the World Series in 1955 and ...

“It probably won’t ... and Robinson's wife, Rachel, became friends. Brown appeared as a pinch hitter in the 1949 World Series and was hitless in two at-bats as Brooklyn lost to the New York ...

A man accused of helping steal and damage the bronze statue of baseball legend Jackie Robinson in Wichita ... was a six-time All-Star and won the World Series in 1955.