'42' star Chadwick Boseman on breakout role
theGRIO VIDEO - During an interview with theGrio, '42' star Chadwick Boseman talks about bringing to life the story of Jackie Robinson and capturing the hardships he endured...
10 little known Jackie Robinson facts
SLIDESHOW - As the 2013 baseball season kicks off, the legacy of Jackie Robinson, the first African-American player to take the field in the 20th Century, is remembered...
Should you go see '42' this weekend?
REVIEW - Jackie Robinson was a legendary baseball player and a trail-blazing athlete – but his epic story retold in Brian Helgeland’s '42' is an honest attempt for a home-run that instead sits safely at third base...
'42' shows why Jackie Robinson still matters
LOS ANGELES (AP) - There's a scene in "42" in which Jackie Robinson, the first black player in modern Major League Baseball, endures intolerably cruel racial slurs from the Philadelphia Phillies' manager...
Michelle Obama praises Jackie Robinson movie
WASHINGTON (AP) - Michelle Obama said Tuesday that a new movie chronicling Jackie Robinson's rise through Major League Baseball left her and the president 'visibly, physically moved' after they saw it over the weekend...
Harrison Ford on n-word in '42': 'It's historically accurate'
VIDEO - During an interview with theGrio, Harrison Ford talks about the new Jackie Robinson biopic "42," and weighs in on the film's use of the n-word....
theGrio's 100: Chadwick Boseman, the big screen Jackie Robinson
theGRIO's 100 - Chadwick Boseman is one of Hollywood’s up and coming actors. The young star is set to star as Jackie Robinson in the highly anticipated biopic '42'...
Jackie Robinson biopic gets tentative release date
Warner Brothers has officially set a tentative release date for the Jackie Robinson biopic '42'...
Can Boseman hit a home run as Jackie Robinson?
theGRIO REPORT - A Jackie Robinson biopic is headed to theaters soon, and the fairly unknown up-and-coming actor Chadwick Boseman will star as the legendary baseball star...
