"I didn't follow him as closely on the field as I did off the field because what he did off the field is so much more than ...

Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier on April 15, 1947. He stepped into the batter’s box at Ebbets Field in the Flatbush ...

"One of the things Jackie obviously nailed is he realized from an early time that life was going to ... manager Aaron Boone called Robinson "one of the most important figures in American history." ...

But then again, there haven't been many people like Jackie Robinson. "A life is not important," he said, "except in the impact it has on other lives." Jackie Robinson led the way for generations ...

In my household, Jackie Robinson is like Black royalty. I’ve heard wonderful stories about this larger-than-life figure since I was 3 years old ... It was important that we knew our history.