Robinson was the first Black player to break major league baseball’s color barrier, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers Montreal ...
Jackie Robinson played in Louisville before he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier. He also came to Kentucky for the March on Frankfort.
You know, it's really an honor to wear that jersey. And it just shows you all the enjoyment and, and respect we have for Jackie Robinson. "There's not as many minority players in the game today ...
The Washington, D.C., Evening Star reported Monday, Jan. 1, 1940, that “merry crowds” had gathered in the nation’s capital to ...
The transition from silent film to talkies ushered in Hollywood’s Golden Age, bringing the world unforgettable classics and ...
Dodgers great Jackie Robinson was a household name before he broke the Major League Baseball color barrier in 1947. In ...
A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball ...
On this day in 1919, baseball and civil rights icon Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia. Best known for breaking Major League Baseball’s color barrier when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers ...
Tommy Brown, the last surviving member of the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers and the youngest player to homer in a ... first base alongside the legendary Jackie Robinson. Suffice to say, Robinson won ...
Dodgers great Jackie Robinson was a household name before he ... All through that first game [at home] they booed every time a Louisville player came out of the dugout. I didn't approve of this ...
Friday’s fundraiser happened on Jackie Robinson’s birthday in his hometown of Cairo. Chipper Jones is a former Atlanta Braves slugger and a hall-of-fame baseball player. He played for the ...