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On June 14, in Clayton, N.C., about 43 miles east of the Duke campus, celebrated actor and university professor Mike Wiley, ...
The first black Major League Baseball player found a friend.
In a promotion with the Boulevard Brewing Company, the Royals will give out a Space Camper Koolie to the first 10,000 fans ...
If you watch the game of baseball, you’ve heard of Jackie Robinson, the first Black baseball player in the major leagues.
The vibrant history and cultural significance of Kansas City's 18th & Vine District, the epicenter of black culture in the ...
The mural’s defacing galvanized the Overtown community, who called for more of a police presence around Dorsey Park, once home to the Negro Leagues’ Ethiopian Clowns.​ ...
Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier with the Dodgers in 1947. ... Accordingly, Robinson’s pro career began in the Negro Leagues with the Kansas City Monarchs, ...
The Anderson Monarchs. Special | 4m 15s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Discover the South Philadelphia Little League team inspired by Jackie Robinson. The Anderson Monarchs are the Little League ...
After playing for the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues, Jackie Robinson made his debut for the then-Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. He was the focal point in breaking the color ...
His name was Jackie Robinson. Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier on April 15, 1947. He stepped into the batter’s box at Ebbets Field in the Flatbush community.