Here are 42 facts to celebrate the legendary athlete. 1. Jackie Robinson was born in Georgia but raised in California. Jack "Jackie" Roosevelt Robinson was born on January 31, 1919, in Cairo ...

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

MLB is right to celebrate its most impactful participant, an American civil rights hero whose courage should always be taught ...