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 ...

Even more significantly, the Jackie Robinson Boys & Girls Club was founded about a dozen years ago, striving to create a better life for Cairo's young people, many of whom still face some of the ...

Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier as the first African American to play Major League Baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Now, Robinson's inspiring story is a major motion picture called 42 .

That was just the start of the indignities that Robinson and his wife experienced in his struggle to simply play baseball. It's all so difficult for young people today to understand.

I first encountered Jackie Robinson around 1949 or 1950. A couple of young kids from the South Boston Boys Club were given a job for The old Record ... was one of the highlights of my life.

When he got home, young Ronnie wrote a letter simply addressed to, “Jackie Robinson, Stamford, CT” – no address, no ZIP code. “I said ‘It was nice to meet you, I appreciate your kindness ...

But since 1997 “Breaking Barriers: In Sports, In Life,” based on Jackie Robinson’s life, has reached more than 37 million young people and 5 million educators in the United States and Canada.

Jackie stood for way more than life goes on. “Jackie Robinson is in my heart, he’s in my DNA. ... I remember asking Jim why did Jackie die from so young? He told me, 'Jackie died of a broken ...