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 ...

MLK Day events in New York City include Bronx kindness drive, Robinson museum tours, and Harlem documentary screening.

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 ...