Josefina Santos for The New York Times Supported by By Alan Light In November 1956, Nat King Cole was given ... (He referred to himself as “the Jackie Robinson of television.”) ...

A child tap dancer born into a musical Italian-American family from New Jersey, Carlo Jackie Paris started ... on a diet of gospel music and Nat “King” Cole records. His exciting soul-jazz ...

Written by Colman Domingo and Patricia McGregor, this New York Theatre Workshop production stars Dulé Hill as the ...

Written by Colman Domingo and Patricia McGregor, the formally ambitious, if muddled, “Lights Out: Nat ‘King’ Cole” takes ...

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

Nat “King” Cole, written by Tony and Academy Award nominee Colman Domingo and NYTW Artistic Director and Usual ...

For instance, “Mother Nature’s Son” took its cue, at least initially, from a Nat King Cole song. From there, Paul McCartney added his love for all things outdoors and nature-related into it.

Jackie Robinson, an iconic figure­ in the world of sports, made history as the first African Ame­rican to play Major League Baseball (MLB) during the­ modern era. On April 15, 1947, he shatte ...

From Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona's perspective, Jackie Robinson Day isn't necessarily a day of celebration, and that's no slight against the Civl Rights icon. Speaking Tuesday in his ...

It is unlikely that today’s Jackie Robinson would have made his living in baseball. His best sport was football, and today’s prep football players are year-round warriors. He might have ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Before he stepped onto Ebbets Field in New York, Jackie Robinson made baseball history in Daytona Beach. Jackie Robinson played for the Montreal Royals March 17 ...