Jackie Robinson's Brooklyn Dodgers ... can't go wrong with what may well be the ultimate Jackie Robinson baseball card. This black-and-white beauty was distributed by Bond Bread as a means of ...

Seventy-six years ago, on April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson made ... the first black man to be awarded the American League Rookie of the Year (ROY) by the Baseball Writers Association of America (BWAA) ...

Robinson, best remembered for integrating major league baseball, also left behind an impressive record as a crusader for African American rights after he hung up his cleats.

Was Robinson ... to integrate baseball, I asked eight-time All-Star and former National League President Bill White, “because he was so nice?” “Nice?!” he shot back. “Jackie wasn ...

1947 — Jackie Robinson became the first black player of the 20th century to sign a major ... hit a 14th-inning opening day home run off Don Mossi to beat Detroit, 9-7. The White Sox second baseman did ...

(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jackie Robinson’s legacy is being celebrated around the major leagues on Tuesday, with the day named for the first Black baseball player of the ...

initiatives − the process of bringing Jackie Robinson into white organized baseball will sound very familiar. Branch Rickey knew that signing the first Black player in Major League Baseball’s ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jackie Robinson was the first to break baseball's color barrier with the Brooklyn ... Ron Washington of the Los Angeles Angels and Will Venable of the Chicago White Sox are only ...

So when Trump sent a White House invitation to the ... of breaking the color barrier by making Jackie Robinson the first Black Major League Baseball player, should that history and Trump’s ...

While most know that Robinson was the first Black player in the MLB, few are aware of his courageous efforts off the field. Such efforts should be admired and offer an example that seems much needed ...

MLB celebrates Jackie Robinson Day on April 15, but Milwaukee manager Pat Murphy recognizes Robinson's legacy every day in ...