During Game 2 of the series in Cincinnati, Jackie Robinson was honored 25 years after breaking the color barrier in baseball. During his speech accepting the honor, he appealed to MLB leaders to hire ...
D espite attempts to tarnish the legacy of Jackie Robinson, the Black man credited with breaking the color barrier in the MLB, a Wichita, Ks.baseball park is ready to reveal a brand-new statue in ...
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.
Dodgers great Jackie Robinson was a household name before he broke ... Robinson spent just the one season in Montreal before ...
Robinson was the first Black player to break major league baseball’s color barrier, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers Montreal ...
Jackie Robinson was an exceptional athlete and a civil rights leader. On April 15, 1947, he broke the color barrier in Major ... But before Robinson was breaking records and barriers in the ...
Robinson did more than break Major League Baseball's color barrier. Why Spike Lee is raising a Budweiser for Jackie Robinson The barrier-breaking baseball player would be 100 this year ...
Jackie Robinson made history on April 15, 1947, when he broke baseball’s color barrier to play for the Brooklyn ... On October 14, 1947, Charles "Chuck" Yeager was the first to break the sound barrier ...
At the National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum in Cooperstown, the history of black baseball is on display. There are ...
Jackie Robinson played in Louisville before he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier. He also came to Kentucky for the March on Frankfort.