A Brooklyn native who starred for the 'Boys of Summer'-era Dodgers before going on to play for the Cubs and Phillies has ...
Jackie Robinson is known as the first African American to play Major League Baseball in the United States in modern baseball ...
President Biden has signed a bill designating the Jackie Robinson Ballpark in Daytona Beach, Florida, a commemorative site and part of the African American Civil Rights Network.
It was here at Jackie Robinson Ballpark in Daytona Beach where the legend broke the color barrier and played his first professional game in 1946. Today, the park still honors Robinson’s legacy ...
THROUGH THIS BILL, THEY’RE HOPING TO HONOR THE LOCATION WHERE JACKIE ROBINSON BROKE THE COLOR BARRIER AND PLAYED HIS FIRST PROFESSIONAL GAME. JACKIE ROBINSON PLAYED WITH WHITE TEAMMATES ...
President Joe Biden signed into law on Saturday, Jan. 4, the Jackie Robinson Ballpark National Commemorative Site Act, which honors the stadium where Jackie Robinson played his first professional ...
manager Dave Roberts has made it a team-wide tradition to visit the statue every year on Jackie Robinson Day. Especially for Roberts, the first Black manager in Los Angeles’ franchise history ...
Ultimately Brooklyn decided on a different first baseman that year: Jackie Robinson, who played all his games as a rookie at first, partly to prevent him from getting spiked on slides into second.
Jackie Robinson was the first Black man to play Major League Baseball and is a celebrated hero of the Civil Rights Movement ...