Today is Jackie Robinson Day. On April 15, in 1947, Robinson broke the color barrier, debuting for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Jackie Robinson Day is an MLB tribute dating back to 2004. All 30 MLB teams ...
The Defense Department has reversed course after scrubbing a feature on Jackie Robinson’s Army service, which spotlighted his defiance against racism in the military before he broke baseball’s color ...
The family of Jackie Robinson family has expressed support for a project to create a new and more prominent memorial at the site of Robinson and his older brother Matthew MacKenzie “Mack” Robinson’s ...
ESPN analyst Mina Kimes has hit out at the Trump administration and the Department of Defense after they removed a webpage about Jackie Robinson's military career. The trailblazing Robinson broke ...
On Tuesday, all across the baseball world, Jackie Robinson Day commemorations will once again take center stage. Since 2004, April 15 has been an obligatory notch on the baseball calendar, an ...
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