Jackie Robinson Day

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Baseball player Jackie Robinson, thegrio.com
April 15, 2022
April 15 marks the 75th anniversary of Robinson smashing Major League Baseball’s color line when he debuted with the Brooklyn…
April 11, 2022
Emmett Ashford described the moment he umpired his first game in 1966 as the thrill of his life, though he…
March 30, 2022
"Jackie to Me" clips begin April 4, with vignettes daily through April 15, celebrating the legacy of Robinson and his…
Brooklyn Dodgers infielder Jackie Robinson
March 3, 2022
Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred and league owners obviously don’t give a damn about the sport, its players or…
April 17, 2021
Rollins attributed the decline of Black players in baseball to lack of marketing and socioeconomic factors.
September 1, 2020
The Jackie Robinson biopic 42 is getting a theatrical re-release this week in honor of late actor Chadwick Boseman.
April 15, 2014
OPINION - Baseball needs to find a way to increase the number of black players in the majors. Cultivating a…
April 15, 2014
SLIDESHOW - As the 2014 baseball season kicks off, the legacy of Jackie Robinson, the first African-American player to integrate…
October 23, 2013
OPINION - Tonight’s World Series features a not-so-subtle, baseball tradition - a startlingly low number of African-American players on the…
April 15, 2013
BOSTON (AP) - Baseball is holding its fifth annual Jackie Robinson Day on the 66th anniversary of his breaking Major…
April 15, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball is honoring Jackie Robinson and his legacy with tributes at every ballpark....