Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball in 1947, becoming the first Black baseball player in the MLB. Robinson was also a six-time all-star. (USIA / Creative Commons) If you are not ...

During Game 2 of the series in Cincinnati, Jackie Robinson was honored 25 years after breaking the color barrier in baseball. During his speech accepting the honor, he appealed to MLB leaders to hire ...

There would be no hiding, though, not with the world tuned in to see one of the last color barriers in American sports finally crossed. Elder and Rose disappeared into the building, prepared to ...

Professional baseball in Mexico started in the 1920s, some fifty years after the game was introduced here in the U.S. But Mexico was well ahead of its American counterparts in terms of race ...

Fifty years ago, Lee Elder broke the color barrier at the Masters, confronting both the ugly history of racism in America and the natural beauty of Augusta National Golf Club. On April 8 ...

In this instance, that didn’t work for many people, and he was forced to explain further, saying that his post was “not about Jackie Robinson” before adding, “Breaking the color barrier in ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - 19 News own’ Tiffani Tucker and her family were featured Monday afternoon in a CBS Sports report on breaking the color barrier. The story details the legacy of Tiffani ...

BOSTON - An exhibit honoring the baseball players that broke Major League Baseball's (MLB) color barrier is opening Monday in Boston. "Barrier Breakers" tells the story of the players who refused ...

ESPN reporter Jason Reid chronicled the long struggle to break the NFL quarterback color barrier in his new book, "Rise of the Black Quarterback: What it Means for America." Reid spoke with ABC ...

It came in 1961, a full decade after the color barrier had fallen in professional football, baseball and basketball. Charlie Sifford could a distinctive figure on the fairways that cigar jam ...

A report by the American Psychological Association outlines the barriers many faculty members of color face and calls for increased transparency in the tenure and promotion process. A new report by ...

KSNW Wichita Wichita's Karla Burns fought the color barrier, honored with memorial bench, after grave sat unmarked since 2021 Posted: December 28, 2024 | Last updated: March 7, 2025 A two-year ...