Martin Luther King Jr. told Robinson that he made his job much easier ... Although these tributes are highly warranted, I doubt that Jackie Robinson would be entirely happy. No matter how lavish or ...

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

Take a look at some historic Black Major League Baseball players over the years including Jackie Robinson, Ken Griffey Jr.

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 ...

After Lutz made some remarks, a young League 42 player — Marcus Jones Jr., who was 7 at the time ... “fall in love with baseball — and Jackie Robinson.” There are stories of the ...

This year is the 20th anniversary of the first Jackie Robinson Day across MLB ... Hall-of-Famer Ken Griffey Jr., to more players following suit to now every player, coach and manager on April ...

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.

Before Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Jackie Robinson became the first Black player in Major League Baseball and embarked on a Hall-of-Fame MLB career, he was a four-sport star at UCLA ...