Jackie Robinson was a passionate advocate for social and racial equality, and the Dodgers going to the White House again ...

Jackie Robinson was a passionate advocate for social and racial equality, and the Dodgers going to the White House again ...

A new book presents the baseball legend’s testimony in front of the House Un-American Activities Committee as a critical ...

The game between the Jupiter Hammerheads and the Palm Beach Cardinals is April 15, the day Jackie Robinson debuted with the ...

When Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey met Jackie Robinson in 1945 to recruit him as Major League Baseball’s first black player, he tested Robinson’s resolve. He unleashed a barrage of ...

Bethel AME presents its 'Breaking Barriers' health fair and celebrates the life of the late Jackie Robinson on his birthday.

Herman Shaw was a trailblazer at Edwardsville High School as a Black athlete in the early 1950s. He passed away this month at 91.

Dozens of families gathered at the Lincoln Neighborhood Service Center for a community health fair hosted by the Bethel AME ...

Today marks the 50th anniversary of Paul Robeson’s death on January 23, 1976. The actor, singer, athlete and scholar was once famous around the world, but he was attacked, blacklisted and hounded by ...

The former Brooklyn Dodger and New York Cuban leaves a lasting legacy of coaching and service in his hometown of Detroit ...

Jackie Robinson was born 107 years ago Saturday in Cairo, Georgia, and was raised in Pasadena, California. His words serve as his epitaph at Cypress Hills Cemetery in Brooklyn: "A life is not ...

A version of this story appeared on MiLB.com in 2021. We present it here, with updates, as MiLB and MLB celebrate Black ...