In its celebration of Black History Month, MLB Network looks at the careers of Jackie Robinson and Mookie Betts and their ...

A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball ...

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 Dodgers.

Noted actor Mike Wiley brings his interactive one-man show, “Jackie Robinson: A Game Apart,” to the Thomasville Center for ...

There are many influential African Americans in US History. Many have stood up against slavery, segregation and racial legacy ...

Tuesday was the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers ... Undoubtedly, if there is one person in sports history that deserves this praise, it is Robinson. In a ...

Dodgers great Jackie Robinson was a household name before he ... racism elsewhere throughout the season. In honor of Black History Month, MLB.com retold the story of Robinson’s appearance ...

Baseball player and civil rights icon Jackie Robinson has been immortalized in many ways — movies, with a larger than life statue in Jersey City, and baseball players all wear his number 42 on his ...

Before Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Jackie Robinson became the first Black ... While 1939 was still relatively early in the sport's history, it was the first time UCLA's football team had ...

Jim Becker, an author and a newsman who covered numerous monumental events in history, died today at age 98. STAR-ADVERTISER / 2006 Jim Becker, an author and a newsman who covered numerous monumental ...

Jackie Robinson’s journey to the majors was anything but easy. As the first Black player in the modern era of Major League Baseball, he endured racial slurs, hate mail, death threats ...

Feb. 4, 1952: Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American executive of a major TV station (WNBC-NY). Feb. 4, 2018: The ...