The story of a stolen Jackie Robinson statue has gone viral ... I’ve always wished that more African American kids played baseball.’’ Lutz, who is white, took action in 2013 when he started ...

A little more than a century after Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Ga., Chipper Jones traveled to the rural southwest ...

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.

Dodgers great Jackie Robinson was a household name before he broke the Major League Baseball color barrier in 1947. In Montreal, at least, where the fans accepted and revered him. That’s where ...

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

(WCTV) - The Jackie Robinson Boys and Girls Club’s “Diamond ... coming up that’s obviously the biggest thing and then give kids a chance to play with good facilities,” Jones said.

Baseball player and civil rights icon Jackie Robinson has been immortalized in many ways — movies, with a larger than life statue in Jersey City, and baseball players all wear his number 42 on ...

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

CAIRO- Braves fans, donors, and club kids poured into the Family Worship Center of Cairo on Friday night for the Jackie ...