I was a little country boy in a big city, and he was one of my heroes. That was the same year Jackie Robinson became the first black player in the majors. I pulled for him. You always root for ...

three-year-old Jackie, Jr., likes Howdy Doody, Mr. I. Magination, and Farmer Gray better than anything else on video. As Robinson was about to go down to the main floor, it occurred to us to ask ...

Jackie Robinson was an exceptional athlete and a civil rights leader. On April 15, 1947, he broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball when he trotted out to first base for the Brooklyn ...

Jack Roosevelt Robinson rose from humble origins to break the color barrier in baseball, becoming one of the most beloved men in America. Born to tenant farmers in rural Georgia and raised in ...

"Jackie Robinson's ... Rickey, exploding: "Robinson, I'm looking for a ballplayer with guts enough not to fight back." This unwritten pact between two men would change the course of a country.

In connection with the January theft and destruction of League 42′s Jackie Robinson statue in McAdams Park, Ricky Alderete faces charges that include aggravated criminal damage, theft of ...

Jackie Robinson is revered in MLB and sporting history for being the first player in league history to break the color barrier by appearing in a game for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. To this day ...

Ironically, that's what inspired Dr. Glenda Gray to study the virus in the first place. As a young medical student who fought to desegregate hospitals in apartheid-era South Africa, she was ...

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