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 ...

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, ...

LOS ANGELES – 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 78th ...

LOS ANGELES — Major League Baseball marked the 77th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the sport’s color barrier on Monday. Robinson started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on ...

Well, it's 2020 and nobody's playing baseball today so the MLB social media is doing its best to remember Robinson's legacy. PBS has joined the tributes by offering free streaming of Ken Burns ...

Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier on April 15, 1947, but he was also a gifted athlete in football, basketball, and track and field. He was also an outspoken advocate for equal ...

The Nation Magazine. Seventy-five years ago, a World War II veteran named Jack Roosevelt Robinson smashed baseball’s color line and officially desegregated America’s pastime.

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 78th anniversary of his ...

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, ...

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, ...