Ali's widow, Lonnie Ali, said in a statement that the proposed statue would clash with his faith, but she is grateful that ...
Gene Kahane writes, "It seems this month, Black History Month, is the best time to look at race and sports because, to put it ...
A scene from Peanut Headz: Black History Toonz – "Jackie Robinson" illustrates Robinson's historic Major League Baseball debut on April 15, 1947, at Ebbets Field, where he played first base ...
Jackie Robinson’s journey to the majors was anything but easy. As the first Black player in the modern era of Major League Baseball, he endured racial slurs, hate mail, death threats ...
Baseball legend Jackie Robinson, who broke the sport's color barrier in 1947, made several important stops in Louisville and Kentucky. Before he wore No. 42 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Robinson ...
Baseball player and civil rights icon Jackie Robinson has been immortalized in many ways — movies, with a larger than life statue in Jersey City, and baseball players all wear his number 42 on ...
Dodgers great Jackie Robinson was a household name before he broke the Major League Baseball color barrier in 1947. In Montreal, at least, where the fans accepted and revered him. That’s where ...
HONOLULU (AP) — Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big-league baseball debut and the U.S. Army’s retaking of Seoul during the Korean War, died Friday.
Two of those men made their impact in Bruin blue as multi-sport athletes Kenny Washington and Jackie Robinson did what they do best and that's dominate. While Jackie Robinson would go on to break ...
Jackie Robinson was an exceptional athlete and a civil rights leader. On April 15, 1947, he broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball when he trotted out to first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers.