Tuesday was the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. By now, most — if not all — of you are surrounded by homage to the break-down of the color barrier in baseball.

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

Jackie Robinson’s granddaughter ... him as a child after seeing him play in the 1955 World Series between the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees. Robinson was the first Black player to ...

HONOLULU – Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big-league baseball debut and the U.S. Army ...

Jim Becker, a long time journalist who had spent more than 40 years in journalism including a role as a national reporter for ...

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.

Welcome to the Amsterdam News Family! I’m honored to be Amsterdam News‘ Publisher and my father, Wilbert “Bill” Tatum, before me. We’ve been reporting the news of the day from a Black ...

native Jackie Robinson, who broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier when he stepped onto the field with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Noted actor Mike Wiley brings his interactive one-man ...

Jim Becker, AP Reporter Who Covered Jackie Robinson and an Underdog ... trailblazing athlete’s first game as a Brooklyn Dodger. Nearly half of Robinson’s teammates had signed a petition ...

HONOLULU – Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s ... athlete’s first game as a Brooklyn Dodger. Nearly half of Robinson’s teammates had signed a petition ...