Robinson’s son Jackie Jr., who was killed in an automobile accident a week and a half ago, was an assistant regional director of Daytop, Inc. and had been working on the production of the ...

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.

"Jackie Robinson's impact was greater than just that of baseball. He was a transforming agent and in the face of such hostility and such meanness and violence, he did it with such amazing dignity.