Parks had just finished up at the department store where she worked as a seamstress. She walked to the bus stop and boarded ...

But Jackie Robinson Day, as currently observed by MLB, has none of that bite. ... during which he was court-martialed after he refused to move to the back of an Army bus.

Robinson's struggle for equality began in the Army, before he integrated baseball. Racial discrimination on a military bus led to Robinson's court martial 1944.

The bus driver, a white civilian, ordered Robinson to move to the back of the bus. Robinson angrily refused, and objected to being called the N word. “I told the driver to stop f—ing with me ...

Major League Baseball's Jackie Robinson Day lands in the middle of Trump's anti-DEI plot, ... Robinson had refused a bus driver’s order that he move to the back of a bus.

On January 31, 1919, Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia. Twenty-eight years later, on April 15, 1947, he broke the baseball color line.

Major League Baseball annually honors the extraordinary contributions of Jackie Robinson and his critical role in the integration of modern professional sports. This week, active players displayed ...

"Jackie Robinson was known for many things. But, above all, ... in one instance, refused to move to the back of the bus, was arrested and acquitted," Kimes explained. "That matters.

Jackie Robinson wore an Organization for Civil Rights badge when he took part in a Louisville march with Dr. Martin Luther King in 1964. Bill Strode Courier-Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK As Donald ...

Jackie Robinson was the first to break baseball’s color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers 78 years ago Tuesday.His legacy continues to inspire people inside the major leagues — and outside, too.

But Jackie Robinson Day, as currently observed by MLB, has none of that bite. As the league plainly states on its website, “Every year on April 15, Baseball honors Jackie's legacy by celebrating ...

Jackie Robinson wore an Organization for Civil Rights badge when he took part in a Louisville march with Dr. Martin Luther King in 1964. Bill Strode Courier-Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK As Donald ...