"Jackie Robinson's impact was greater than just ... His father, Jerry, was a ladies man who deserted the family six months after his birth. When his mother Mallie was told by her half-brother ...

As both anticipate, this proves a major challenge for Robinson and his family as they endure unrelenting racist hostility on and off the field, from player and fan alike. As Jackie struggles ...

Twelve-year-old George Bates visited Daytona Beach in 1946 when he and his family went to a ballgame ... The now 90-year-old remembers being Jackie Robinson's first bat boy.

According to Major League Baseball’s website, Jackie Robinson made his debut appearance in the ... at 6 p.m. in the Tabernacle Baptist Church Family Life Center, located at 519 W.

Until his death in 1972, Robinson was a prominent figure in anything he believed in. Fifty years later, baseball is finally paying tribute to a man who at one time was unwanted. Although these ...

Dodgers great Jackie Robinson was a household ... were up in arms over the way I had been treated," Robinson wrote in “My Own Story,” his autobiography published in 1972.

From Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson and Muhammad Ali to Colin Kaepernick, the achievements of Black athletes have had a role in ...

Facing racism and discrimination everywhere, Robinson refused to give in, defying Jim Crow segregation in Pasadena and, as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army, standing up for his rights when ...

But then again, there haven't been many people like Jackie ... "Robinson was the target of racial epithets and flying cleats, of hate letters and death threats, of pitchers throwing at his head ...