Tuesday was the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. By now, most — if not all — of you are surrounded by homage to the break-down of the color barrier in baseball.
Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier in MLB in 1947, won the NL MVP in 1949. By that standard, few people -- and no athlete -- in the 20th century has impacted more lives. Robinson lit the ...
SportsCentury: Disciples of Jackie Robinson celebrates Black History Month by tracing the plight of the African-American players who came after Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball's color ...
The new film “42” chronicles and celebrates Jackie ... Robinson displayed legendary courage, class and talent in the face of immense pressure and racial hatred as he broke down baseball’s ...
This was two decades after Robinson broke baseball’s color ... from Jackie Robinson to John Carlos and Tommie Smith, from Jim Brown to Colin Kaepernick. He happily pulls up two pictures from ...
It is here that in 1946 Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier when he played in the first integrated, professional baseball game. Today, the ballpark is home to the Daytona Tortugas minor league ...
The winning episode from the children’s animated series Peanut Headz: Black History Toonz details the life and achievements of Jackie Robinson — who broke the color barrier in Major League ...