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Murals of baseball legends Minnie Miñoso, left, and Jackie Robinson, center, are covered with plywood after being defaced in Miami's Overtown neighborhood Thursday, June 5, 2025, in Miami.
Tuesday, April 15, was Jackie Robinson Day. Just like it is every year in Major League Baseball. As every active player in the league donned the No. 42, you couldn’t help but feel like something ...
Aberdeen High’s baseball team celebrates Jackie Robinson Day during a game against Manchester Valley at Aberdeen High School on Wednesday. Jackie Robinson Day is a traditional event which occ… ...
On April 15, 1947, former Dodgers player Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier when he made his historic MLB debut. In 1997, the MLB officially retired Robinson's jersey number.
Jackie Robinson is the ultimate American hero in a class by himself of not only athletes, but of all Americans. He was a four-sport athlete with high academic success and he served our country in ...
Today is Jackie Robinson Day. On April 15, in 1947, Robinson broke the color barrier, debuting for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Jackie Robinson Day is an MLB tribute dating back to 2004.
Reportedly included in that bundle was a biography of Jackie Robinson. To date, the Robinson bio has not been purged, though 381 other books have been, but it appears to remain under consideration.
In 2004, the league established Jackie Robinson Day as a celebration of the player who broke MLB's color barrier. Festivities were held at 13 ballparks to celebrate Jackie Robinson Day in 2004.
This Jackie Robinson Day, as Americans on both sides of the political aisle celebrate his bravery and athletic dominance in the face of searing hatred, I hope they’ll begin to understand that, too.
It’s unclear when the Naval Academy and Trump Administration will follow through with their plans to remove Robinson’s biography and other material, but Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is ...
According to The New York Times, Robinson’s biography is one of 900 titles under scrutiny, alongside The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr. and Einstein on Race and Racism.
But the story doesn’t end there. A biography of Robinson has now been flagged for removal from the Nimitz Library at the U.S. Naval Academy following an order from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.