Baseball legend Jackie Robinson, born Jan ... With one swing of Gil Hodges’ bat, a clutch hit sends Jackie Robinson home from third base. Robinson’s run is the only to be scored during ...

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.