To his right is Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn. Bill Gallo’s cartoon honoring Jackie Robinson. Jackie Robinson wears his Brooklyn Dodgers uniform with pride during the glory years.
Dodgers great Jackie Robinson was a household name before he broke the Major League Baseball color barrier in 1947. In ...
After a stint with the minor-league Montreal Royals, Jackie Robinson was the first Black man to play in Major League Baseball and a key contributor to the civil rights movement in the United States.