Sharon Robinson, the daughter of baseball player Jackie Robinson, wanted to teach kids about her father, so she wrote a children's book. But instead of focusing on the achievement for which her ...

One thing that's clear in your portrayal of Jackie Robinson is that he was outspoken during his career, not just after it. I'm sure that didn't make his path any easier.

As a board member of the NAACP, ... College and is the editor of the book, Beyond Home Plate: Jackie Robinson on Life after Baseball. In addition to its own editorials, ...

It was Tuesday, Sept. 30, 1947 — Game 1 of the World Series between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers — and Jack Roosevelt “Jackie” Robinson was making history. The Dodger ...

Sharon Robinson walked the red carpet giving interviews to promote the movie 42 -- about her late father, Jackie Robinson -- before a screening at the Angelika Film Center during the 2013 Dallas ...

On Feb. 28, 1946, Jackie Robinson and his wife, Rachel, boarded an American Airlines flight in Los Angeles bound for Daytona Beach, Fla., for spring training. There he would try to prove that he ...

Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier with the Dodgers in 1947. ... serving on the board of the NAACP until 1967. ... Jackie Robinson Movies and Books.

Doug Glanville with Rachel Robinson in Cuba in 2016. Doug Glanville. LIKE MY KIDS, I was introduced to Jackie Robinson's story when I was growing up in New Jersey.His story had always been larger ...

Sharon Robinson, daughter of baseball great Jackie Robinson, wants to talk about racial justice. Robinson turned 13 just a day after George Wallace made his famous proclamation for segregation ...