Robinson, best remembered for integrating major league baseball, also left behind an impressive record as a crusader for ...

Jackie Robinson was born in Georgia but raised ... Robinson against violent and nasty racial slurs during his rookie season. Reese famously put his arm around him, a gesture of friendship that ...

Even so, he excelled on the field, winning the Rookie of the Year award ... the number through the 2013 MLB season. In 2004, the league established Jackie Robinson Day as a celebration of the ...

Jackie Robinson Day this year comes just a few weeks after the Trump administration tried to erase the baseball icon and American hero.

There is also historical significance in that 1956 was Jackie's final season ... rookie card status is concerned. Whatever year collectors and grading companies continue to assign to Jackie ...

Abdul-Jabbar told stories about becoming a Brooklyn Dodger fan at a young age because of Robinson and getting to meet him later in life. “Jack always had the idea that he was an equal human being ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jackie ... Robinson's name and likeness now adorns various sites around Pasadena, including the historic Rose Bowl. He played 10 years with the Dodgers, earning the Rookie ...

Jackie Robinson made his MLB debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15th, 1947. He went on to win the Rookie of the Year honors that season before winning the National League MVP two years later.

Kansas City Royals infielder Tyler Tolbert sat at his locker wearing a “Breaking Barriers” T-shirt in honor of MLB legend Jackie Robinson ... his MLB debut this season, grew up in Birmingham ...

The Dodgers took walks, turned in web gems and benefited from Will Smith's big fly to defeat the Colorado Rockies and improve their Jackie Robinson Day record to 17-4.