After a stint with the minor-league Montreal Royals, Jackie Robinson was the first Black man to play in Major League Baseball and a key contributor to the civil rights movement in the United States.
Jackie Robinson was the first Black man to play Major League Baseball and is a celebrated hero of the Civil Rights Movement and Hall of Famer. He first suited up for the Triple-A Montreal Royals ...
Jack Roosevelt Robinson rose from humble origins to ... working towards economic empowerment for blacks. But as the civil rights movement he had once seemed to embody became more militant, its ...
“Jackie Robinson Ballpark in Daytona Beach has been a landmark in the history of the Civil Rights movement and Florida,” said Congressman Mike Waltz. “On March 17th, 1946, Jackie Robinson ...
MLK Day events in New York City include Bronx kindness drive, Robinson museum tours, and Harlem documentary screening.
Most Wichitans, along with a whole lot of other people, already know the story of how League 42’s Jackie Robinson ... people” since Robinson was a sports and civil rights icon.