Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier with the Dodgers in 1947. Read about his stats, family, death, ...

The baseball player's legacy is expansive, said Della Britton, president and CEO of the Jackie Robinson Foundation. "His legacy is not only that of being an incredible sportsman, his athletic ...

Jackie Robinson wore an Organization for Civil Rights badge when he took part in a Louisville march with Dr. Martin Luther King in 1964. Bill Strode Courier-Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK As Donald ...

One of the people told me that the Black section, which was on the left field side, filled up really fast so they opened up ...

Rickey, however, understood the benefit in disrupting baseball’s status quo − for his team, as well as American society at large. Branch Rickey's DEI strategy was smart, and effective We all know what ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. To know anything about Jackie Robinson — the civil rights leader, businessman ...