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Rachel Robinson met Jackie Robinson at UCLA in the 1940s. This past weekend Rachel Robinson celebrated her 103rd birthday ...
Major League Baseball legend Jackie Robinson's April 15th, 1947 debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers were heralded for the ...
The first Jackie Robinson Day was held on April 15, 2004, the 57th anniversary of Robinson's historic debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. It soon became one of MLB's most important traditions.
Historically, MLB and clubs have contributed approximately $20 million to the Jackie Robinson Foundation, including supporting college scholarships for more than 150 JRF scholars.
On Friday — the 75th anniversary of when Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier in his MLB debut — the league celebrated the iconic athlete's legacy in a variety of ways, including ...
Major League Baseball is marking the 77th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the sport’s color barrier. At Citi Field in New York, Robinson’s 101-year-old widow, Rachel, was given … ...
What seemed like a casual act was actually a groundbreaking moment in Major League Baseball history. >> Read more trending news On April 15, 1947, Robinson broke MLB’s modern-day color barrier.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Major League Baseball marked the 77th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the sport’s color barrier on Monday. Robinson started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on ...
Jackie Robinson's legacy is being celebrated around the major leagues, with the day named for the first Black baseball player of the modern era and marking the 78th anniversary of his debut for ...
In his next baseball appearance, against Cal, Robinson came in as a pitcher late in the game, with UCLA leading 16-13 and the sky getting darker. He stalled repeatedly to try to get the umpire to ...
LOS ANGELES — Major League Baseball marked the 77th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the sport’s color barrier on Monday. Robinson started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on ...