In the century before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball and decades before Jack Johnson became the first African American heavyweight boxing champion, a Black man named ...

Branch Rickey and Bill Veeck, recognizing the positive impact of baseball integration to the bottom line of baseball, were pioneers in signing stars like Jackie Robinson, Larry Doby, Don Newcombe, ...

There are many influential African Americans in US History. Many have stood up against slavery, segregation and racial legacy ...

Jim Becker, an author and a newsman who covered numerous historic events around the world, but might be most remembered in ...

Journalist Jim Becker has died at 98. He traveled the world as an Associated Press reporter, and covered Jackie Robinson’s ...

Baseball fans on the Treasure Coast have something to celebrate! The beloved Jackie Robinson Celebration Game is making its comeback on Tuesday, April 15, ...

Baseball history changed forever with Jackie Robinson. Honored in McDonald's Faces of Black History 2025 live on the 360Wise.

Jackie Robinson Grant Program by the Rays Baseball Foundation and Rowdies Soccer Fund, offering $100,000 in funding to ...

The Rays Baseball Foundation and Rowdies Soccer Fund have announced application details for the annual Jackie Robinson Grant Program. The Jackie Robinson Grant Program will accept applications through ...

CAIRO- Braves fans, donors, and club kids poured into the Family Worship Center of Cairo on Friday night for the Jackie ...

A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball ...