Major League Baseball celebrates ... star and Hall-of-Famer Jackie Robinson. Each year on this date, all players from all teams wear Robinson's famous No. 42 on the back of their jerseys.

The story of a stolen Jackie Robinson statue has gone viral. His legacy has emerged as a subplot. A GoFundMe page set up on behalf of the League 42, the youth baseball program in Wichita ...

Robinson was the first Black player to break major league baseball’s color barrier, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers Montreal ...

Cool, calm, and collected, Jackie Robinson broke barriers with grace. MLB World Champ, 4 sport varsity at UCLA, Second Lieutenant in the Army. 42 https ... All of Baseball embarks on a year ...

Jackie Robinson played in Louisville before he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier. He also came to Kentucky for the March on Frankfort.

On this day in 1919, baseball and civil rights icon Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia. Best known for breaking Major League Baseball’s color barrier when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers ...

There are newspaper and magazine articles, Nike commercials, a massive campaign in baseball with every ball and uniform emblazoned with a special Jackie Robinson logo, a short film by Spike Lee that ...

"Jackie Robinson ... In 1997, Major League Baseball dedicated the season to Robinson on the 50th anniversary of his debut. It also announced it would retire No. 42 on all teams.

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.

in his search for a black player with the talent and fortitude to integrate Major League Baseball. On April 15, 1947, Robinson, wearing the number 42, became the first African American player in ...