Retro Louisville | Jackie Robinson visits Kentucky as baseball player, social justice advocate
Jackie Robinson played in Louisville before he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier. He also came to Kentucky for the March on Frankfort.
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Jackie Robinson: Before the Dodgers, a 4-sport star at UCLA
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.
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Jackie Robinson Ballpark could be named a national historic landmark
"They needed someone to be bat boy that day." The now 90-year-old remembers being Jackie Robinson's first bat boy. A pro baseball player who changed the sport forever. "Not only did he break the ...
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Here's how Jackie Robinson fueled Montreal to a Minor League title in 1946
A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball ...
Jackie Robinson’s baseball career started in N.J. He just got a floating honor here.
Robinson was the first Black player to break major league baseball’s color barrier, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers Montreal ...
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Jackie Robinson's football career at UCLA hinted at greatness to come
Before Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Jackie Robinson became the first Black player in Major League Baseball and embarked on a Hall-of-Fame MLB career, he was a four-sport star at UCLA ...
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Before Becoming an MLB Pioneer, Jackie Robinson Was a Minor League Idol
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 ...