Robinson was the first Black player to break major league baseball’s color barrier, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers Montreal ...
New York Waterway is christening the newest addition to its fleet, named after one of the most groundbreaking athletes of all ...
Tommy Brown, the last surviving member of the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers and the youngest player to homer in a Major League ...
In three years in the big leagues, Jackie Robinson had become a superstar, despite racial equality developing slowly across ...
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 ...
The Boston Red Sox will pay tribute to Jackie Robinson on Friday, January 31, on what would have been the 106th birthday for the Hall of Famer. The club will visit 6th – 8th grade students at Joseph P ...
Jackie Robinson Ballpark in Daytona Beach was officially designated a Commemorative Site on Saturday. President Joe Biden signed the Jackie Robinson Ballpark National Commemorative Site Act, which ...
Tommy Brown, the last living member of the historic 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers ... came back and was part of the 1947 Dodgers club that featured rookie Jackie Robinson, who broke the color line.
Tommy Brown, a Brooklyn native who starred ... He was the last link to the Dodgers team that made baseball history when Jackie Robinson became the first Black player to suit up for a National ...
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 ...