At his insistence, Robinson’s original Cooperstown plaque recognized him only for his playing ability. But in 2008, the Hall unveiled a new plaque for Jackie. It closes with these words ...

COOPERSTOWN,NY -1962: Jackie Robinson poses with his family and the National Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee plaque. Jackie Robinson played for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1947-1956. (Photo by ...

Listing the top 100 of anything is a bit of a mug’s game, usually more of an argument starter than a curated effort. ‘The ...

Ritchey died in 2003 in Chula Vista at the age of 80. A bust of Ritchey and a plaque honoring him as “The Jackie Robinson of the Pacific Coast League” is in The Draft at Petco Park.

It is curious then that for over 40 years Jackie Robinson’s plaque had no mention whatsoever of his place in baseball history -- in American history -- for breaking the color barrier in 1947. It is an ...

Kluwe, the Minnesota Vikings’ punter from 2005-12, was arrested in February for peacefully protesting at a Huntington Beach City Council meeting the installation of a plaque at the library that ...

Jackie Robinson, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Frances EW Harper, and Katherine Johnson. This year’s plaque, honoring Claudette Colvin, is sponsored by Heritage Victor Valley Medical Group. For ...

a plaque reads: “Site of the home plate of Ebbets Field. Home of the Brooklyn Dodgers 1913-1957. On this spot, on April 15, 1947, Jack Roosevelt Robinson integrated Major League Baseball”. "Integrated ...

1997 — To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the integration of baseball, Sharon Robinson, Jackie Robinson’s ... the Pirates a 3-2 victory. 1970 — Plaques honoring Joe DiMaggio and Mickey ...