LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jackie Robinson’s legacy is being celebrated around the major leagues on Tuesday, with the day named for the first Black baseball player of the modern era and marking the ...

Jack Roosevelt Robinson -- better known as Jackie Robinson -- was born in Cairo, Georgia, on Jan. 31, 1919, the same month former President Theodore Roosevelt died. That's how he got his middle ...

Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia, on this day in history, Jan. 31, 1919. He broke baseball's color barrier in 1947, excelled in four sports at UCLA and served in U.S. Army in World War II.

But Jack Robinson, the young man who regularly risked everything to stand up against racism on the streets of Pasadena, in the U.S. Army and in the segregated South, is often forgotten about, as ...

On January 31, 1919, Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia. Twenty-eight years later, on April 15, 1947, he broke the baseball color line.

Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier with the Dodgers in 1947. Read about his stats, family, death, Jackie Robinson Day, and more.

Decades later, I told his widow, Rachel Robinson, about our testy interview. “That sounds like Jack,” she said, with her Mona Lisa smile. The world was not paying attention when Jack Roosevelt ...

If you were to put a face to Major League Baseball’s proposed plan to eliminate affiliation for 42 minor league teams, that face would belong to none other than Jackie Robinson. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jackie Robinson’s legacy is being celebrated around the major leagues on Tuesday, with the day named for the first Black baseball player of the modern era and marking the ...

Jack Roosevelt Robinson broke baseball's color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers at the relatively advanced age of 28. Until the team signed him, ...