As his team returns to the Super Bowl, the New England owner who once stood up on social issues proves he is just another transactional billionaire ...

Jack Roosevelt Robinson, born January 31, 1919, was the first University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) student to letter in four different sports in the same school year. To date, Robinson is ...

Jackie Robinson is one of the most influential figures in baseball history and American civil rights. His courage and talent not only transformed the sport but also helped challenge segregation in the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Jackie Robinson was a passionate advocate for social and racial equality, and the Dodgers going to the White House ...

You’re reading Critic’s Notebook, our weekend column looking at the most interesting moments in the cultural Zeitgeist. In Brooklyn, there’s a one-hundred-and-sixty-two-year-old building that stands ...

In 1970, two years before he died, Jackie Robinson spoke at his son’s high school graduation. “In a land where we declare that we have liberty and justice for all,” Robinson said, “it seems that ...

SALEM, Mass. – Melany Vasquez didn’t know much about Jackie Robinson. The eighth grader at Collins Middle School in Salem, Mass., had heard his name, knew he was a famous baseball player, knew he was ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Dozens of families gathered at the Lincoln Neighborhood Service Center for a community health fair hosted by the Bethel AME Church Health Is Life Ministry. The event offered ...

Online primary source: a letter from Robinson to Rickey, the Brooklyn Dodgers general manager who signed him. Annotated with comments by Robinson biographer Jonathan Eig. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.1 CCSS ...

Born on this day in 1919, Jackie Robinson changed sports, culture, and America forever. Long before social media, endorsement deals, or viral moments, Robinson became the first Black player to break ...

“Life is not a spectator sport. If you’re going to spend your whole life in the grandstands just watching what goes on, in my opinion, you’re wasting your life.” ...

At the beginning of the Cold War in 1949, Jackie Robinson appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee to disavow the comments of another prominent Black American, actor, singer and ...