"Jackie Robinson's impact was greater than just that of baseball. He was a transforming agent and in the face of such hostility and such meanness and violence, he did it with such amazing dignity.

Jackie Robinson was the first Black man to play Major League Baseball and is a celebrated hero of the Civil Rights Movement ...

A look back at the fifth day of January in sports history and elsewhere. We have popes, presidents and a Babe, among others ...

President Biden has signed a bill designating the Jackie Robinson Ballpark in Daytona Beach, Florida, a commemorative site and part of the African American Civil Rights Network.

After a stint with the minor-league Montreal Royals, Jackie Robinson was the first Black man to play in Major League Baseball and a key contributor to the civil rights movement in the United States.

“There’s been a lot of games and historical facts, like Jackie Robinson. It should be a historical landmark.” Earlier this year, city officials put $30 million toward renovations at Jackie ...

AS WESH 2’S PAMELA COMME REPORTS, THE PUSH TO MAKE JACKIE ROBINSON BALLPARK IN DAYTONA BEACH A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK, IS NOW ONE STEP CLOSER TO REALITY. SOMETIMES LIFE’S ALL ABOUT BEING ...

But then again, there haven't been many people like Jackie Robinson. "A life is not important," he said, "except in the impact it has on other lives." Jackie Robinson led the way for generations ...

Jackie Robinson is known as the first African American to play Major League Baseball in the United States in modern baseball ...