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.

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.

Baseball player and civil rights icon Jackie Robinson has been immortalized in many ways — movies, with a larger than life statue in Jersey City, and baseball players all wear his number 42 on ...

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 ...

Humor and family stories, as well as mystery and fantasy tales, are great for second graders, and we've got plenty of each. Some are series, which are a great way to provide hours of reading and ...

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 ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big-league baseball debut and the U.S. Army’s retaking of Seoul during the Korean War, died Friday.

Jackie and Shadow’s third egg in their current clutch arrived Tuesday afternoon. The watch is on to see if the eggs survive the cold and high altitude. For the second time in as many years ...

Before the race began, 2nd graders studied up on both the Beargrease race and the Iditarod. The dogsledding sport made its way into literature, geography and math lessons. But now, it’s the ...

The North Shore Community School hosted a special day of learning for its second graders. For 18 years, the school hosts its Ikidarod race. The kids pretend to be mushers and sled dogs as they ...

In the days following President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration, Christina Valdez, a child care provider in Minnesota, hung signs at the entrance to the ...