Baseball legend Jackie Robinson, born Jan. 31 ... Take a look back at his trailblazing life and career. The grandson of a slave, Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born Jan. 31, 1919, in Cairo, Ga.

Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier with the Dodgers in 1947. Read about his stats, family, death, ...

His widow set up the Jackie Robinson Foundation to honor his life’s work for the civil rights movement and continue to bring down the racial divide even today. Jackie will be remembered as an ...

It was 70 years ago today Jackie Robinson broke the ... A look back at key moments and milestones during his life: Jan. 31, 1919: Jack “Roosevelt” Robinson is born in Cairo, Ga.

Q. Why write a biography of Robinson now for middle schoolers? We didn’t want middle schoolers to grow up with the Jackie Robinson we grew up with — the stories that focused on 1947 ...

From Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona's perspective, Jackie Robinson Day isn't necessarily a day of celebration.

A new biography offers an intimate account of his spiritual life, on and off the baseball field. Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play in the modern era of Major League Baseball (MLB ...

A week after removing, then restoring, an article about Jackie Robinson from the Pentagon's website, the Trump administration has reportedly gone back to that well. A biography about Jackie ...

Robinson’s biography, along with other significant ... “Everyone at the Defense Department loves Jackie Robinson.“ However, the Trump Administration is reportedly revisiting its ...

According to a second defense official, they include “The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr.,” “Einstein on Race and Racism,” and a biography on Jackie Robinson. It’s unclear when ...

Jackie showed up every single day of his life in baseball and in his personal ... for me to show up here today.” The original Robinson statue was stolen shortly after midnight January 25 ...