On Jan. 8, 1956, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People awarded Jackie Robinson the Spingarn Medal for his strong support of civil rights initiatives. The Brooklyn Dodgers ...

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

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

While regarded in the hierarchy of baseball immortality, this day in 2015 saw the Los Angeles Dodgers unveil details of a Jackie ... a statue of Robinson to be built by former Brooklyn resident ...

He first suited up for the Triple-A Montreal Royals in Daytona Beach on March 17, 1946, one year before making his Major League debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Jackie Robinson Ballpark is also ...

The U.S. House passed a bill this week that – with Senate approval, possibly Friday – would put Jackie ... is where Robinson – playing in Spring Training with the Brooklyn Dodgers' top ...

President Biden has signed a bill designating the Jackie Robinson Ballpark in Daytona Beach, Florida, a commemorative site ...

Think Jackie Robinson’s Brooklyn Dodgers jersey from 1955, Michael Jordan’s teal jersey from the 1996 NBA All-Star game or Sidney Crosby’s light blue Pittsburgh Penguins jersey from the 2008 ...

Brooklyn Dodgers baseball legend and Anderson native Carl Erskine died April 16 at Anderson Memorial Hospital. Erskine, 97, ...

Some of today’s biggest stars had quite the humble beginnings. From Tyler Perry to Beyoncé to Michael Jordan, several notable ...