He was a boy of 16 in 1944 when he trotted out one afternoon to play shortstop for the Brooklyn Dodgers ... Instead of seeing Jackie Robinson at second, or Pee Wee Reese at short, or Duke Snider ...

Jackie Robinson inspired countless Black athletes to pick up a glove and bat to play baseball -- but his impact ... of a dream that began the night Robinson signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers. "I was ...

unveiled three new Jackie Robinson cereal boxes to be sold in stores nationwide. It was to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Famer breaking MLB’s color barrier.

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

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

Dodgers great Jackie Robinson ... the Royals were the champs. Robinson spent just the one season in Montreal before breaking baseball’s color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.

Jackie Robinson signs what is, at the time, the highest-paying contract in the history of the Brooklyn Dodgers. It was for $35,000 per year (still just $455,000 in today’s dollars). Sheesh—how ...

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 was an ... he trotted out to first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Major League Baseball celebrates that groundbreaking day every April 15. Robinson died in 1972 at the age of ...

On Jan. 26, a statue of MLB color-barrier breaking pioneer Jackie ... insult to Robinson's legacy within the game of baseball. Robinson made his first appearance with the Brooklyn Dodgers almost ...

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 ...