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

January 31 is the birthday of Jackie Robinson, the pioneering baseball player who broke the color barrier. The first time he did so was during spring training in Daytona Beach. That stadium is now ...

The former baseball commissioner was noted for welcoming all who played a role in the national pastime — including former ...

Dodgers great Jackie Robinson was a household name before he broke the Major League Baseball color barrier in 1947 ... they booed every time a Louisville player came out of the dugout.

Through the years, leaders in the community have stepped up to create museums or save historical houses belonging to ...

Jackie Robinson was an exceptional athlete and a civil rights leader. On April 15, 1947, he broke the color ... baseball diamond, they might not know that he was a pretty phenomenal football ...

In 1958, Williams chaired the Committee to Combat Racial Injustice, which organized to defend two Black boys, ages 7 and 9, ...

POCATELLO – Artifacts that share a part of Black history in the Gate City are now on display for the community to witness.

Not until Jackie Robinson broke the color ... league baseball. Because entry into pro basketball-- which they dominate today-- was closed to them in the pre-1950s, the best Black players took ...

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

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 ...