The first black major leaguer, Robinson was not hired because of his race. He would have been a Hall of Famer in any era.

The barrier-breaking baseball Hall of Famer is buried at the Cypress Hills Cemetery, just off the parkway bearing his name.

MLB officially retired Robinson's No. 42 jersey across the sport in 1997 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his big league ...

In 2004, MLB established April 15 as Jackie Robinson Day because that was the day he debuted for the Dodgers and broke the ...

In the spring of 1947, the “great war” was over and our soldiers came back home. A young teenage shortstop at Key West’s then ...

Jackie Robinson's Brooklyn Dodgers career lasted only a decade, but his legacy in breaking the sport's Color Barrier has been and forever will be eternal. It's no wonder that for many collectors ...

1915 — Rube Marquard of the New York Giants no-hit the Brooklyn Dodgers, winning 2-0. 1947 — Jackie Robinson played his first ...

Jackie Robinson's legacy is being celebrated around the major leagues, with the day named for the first Black baseball player ...

April 15th marks the day when Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier with the then-Brooklyn Dodgers in ...