During Game 2 of the series in Cincinnati, Jackie Robinson was honored 25 years after breaking the color barrier in baseball. During his speech accepting the honor, he appealed to MLB leaders to hire ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) In 1947, legendary baseball star and Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson, broke the color barrier ... Finish ...

At the National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum in Cooperstown, the history of black baseball is on display. There are ...

In honor of Black History Month, MLB.com retells the story of Jackie Robinson and his spectacular season with the Montreal ...

By now, most — if not all — of you are surrounded by homage to the break-down of the color barrier in baseball ... and they worked to better the nation by breaking down the barrier. Rachael Robinson ...

Jackie Robinson was an exceptional athlete and a civil rights leader. On April 15, 1947, he broke the color barrier ... But before Robinson was breaking records and barriers in the pro ranks ...

Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier in MLB in 1947, won the NL MVP in 1949. By that standard, few people -- and no athlete -- in the 20th century has impacted more lives. Robinson lit the ...

Jackie Robinson played in Louisville before he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier. He also came to Kentucky for the March on Frankfort.

On this day in 1919, baseball and civil rights icon Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia. Best known for breaking Major League Baseball’s color barrier when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers ...

Every year, Major League Baseball celebrates Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier. On April 15, 1947, Robinson debuted for the Brooklyn Dodgers to become the first African American to play ...

Jack Roosevelt Robinson rose from humble origins to break the color barrier in baseball, becoming one of the most beloved men in America. Born to tenant farmers in rural Georgia and raised in ...