Branch Rickey knew that signing Jackie Robinson as the first Black player in Major League Baseball’s modern era was a potentially risky endeavor.

It's the day every year that Major League Baseball honors Robinson. His debut on April 15, 1947, ended 80 years of ...

Who was Jackie Robinson? Jack Roosevelt Robinson broke baseball's color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers at the relatively advanced age of 28. Until the team signed him ...

Branch Rickey, president and general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, signed Jackie Robinson in 1945, breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier. Robinson's signing was a calculated risk ...

Robinson served in the Army for two years before his pro baseball ... the team signed him, Black players had been relegated to the Negro Leagues since the 1880s. Brooklyn Dodgers' Jackie Robinson ...

Who was Jackie Robinson? Jack Roosevelt Robinson broke baseball’s color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers at the relatively advanced age of 28. Until the team signed ...

My name is Houston Mitchell, and today is a very special day, so it’s time for the annual Jackie ... him and signed him. The rest is history. After he retired from baseball, Robinson became ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jackie Robinson ... broke baseball's color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers at the relatively advanced age of 28. Until the team signed him ...