Major League Baseball celebrates ... star and Hall-of-Famer Jackie Robinson. Each year on this date, all players from all teams wear Robinson's famous No. 42 on the back of their jerseys.

Robinson was the first Black player to break major league baseball’s color barrier, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers Montreal ...

On this day in 1919, baseball and civil rights icon Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia. Best known for breaking Major League Baseball’s color barrier when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers ...

Jackie Robinson played in Louisville before he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier. He also came to Kentucky for the March on Frankfort.

The story of a stolen Jackie Robinson statue has gone viral. His legacy has emerged as a subplot. A GoFundMe page set up on behalf of the League 42, the youth baseball program in Wichita ...

Jackie Robinson was an exceptional athlete and a civil rights leader. On April 15, 1947, he broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball when he trotted out to first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball ...

(KWCH) - It has been one year since the League 42 ... of Jackie Robinson in northeast Wichita. The statue is Situated in a McAdams Park pavilion that marks the gateway to the League 42 baseball ...

"Jackie Robinson ... In 1997, Major League Baseball dedicated the season to Robinson on the 50th anniversary of his debut. It also announced it would retire No. 42 on all teams.

in his search for a black player with the talent and fortitude to integrate Major League Baseball. On April 15, 1947, Robinson, wearing the number 42, became the first African American player in ...