Baseball player Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier as its first Black athlete. The infielder made his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947, and went on to have a ...

The U.S. Department of Defense removed a webpage about the military career of Black baseball legend Jackie Robinson in early 2025. Robinson is best known for breaking baseball's so-called color ...

NEW YORK - 1946. Jackie Robinson is the featured star on the cover of Negro Baseball magazine for 1946. (Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images) Jackie Robinson didn't just change ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dan Freedman is lawyer and IBWAA member who writes about baseball. Jackie Robinson (#42) at Ebbits Field shortly after breaking ...

*Today, Wednesday, April 15, 2026, marks the 79th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s historic MLB debut. On this date in 1947, Robinson stepped onto Ebbets Field as a Brooklyn Dodger, shattering ...

The often forgotten story of Jackie Robinson's court-martial and the fight that ensured his legacy. Before breaking baseball's color barrier, Jackie Robinson was a young second lieutenant during World ...

Hi, and welcome to another edition of Dodgers Dugout. My name is Houston Mitchell. The Dodgers have the fourth-best record in baseball. Unfortunately, two of the teams with better records are in the ...