Baseball player Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier as its first Black athlete. The infielder made his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947, and went on to have a ...

*Today, Wednesday, April 15, 2026, marks the 79th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s historic MLB debut. On this date in 1947, ...

Jackie Robinson is best known for breaking baseball’s color barrier, but a panel at the Jackie Robinson Museum on Thursday highlighted his earlier activism as a U.S. Army officer challenging ...

Major League Baseball will celebrate Jackie Robinson Day on Monday, April 15, 2013 to honor the legacy of the legendary Hall of Famer and, for the fifth consecutive year, all players and on-field ...

The often forgotten story of Jackie Robinson's court-martial and the fight that ensured his legacy. Before breaking baseball's color barrier, Jackie Robinson was a young second lieutenant during World ...

This Wednesday, April 15, as Major League Baseball salutes one of the greatest heroes of the game -- and the nation -- with ...