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The first black major leaguer, Robinson was not hired because of his race. He would have been a Hall of Famer in any era.
John Ullyot, a top Pentagon spokesperson for the first weeks of President Donald Trump’s second term, has resigned after a ...
Branch Rickey's DEI strategy was smart, and effective We all know what happened next: On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson walked onto Ebbets Field as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers. If you’re ...
But standing up for Jackie Robinson should not be a subversive or controversial stance ... Jackie Robinson Day: MLB in crosshairs of DEI purges. What does future hold? How to honor Jackie Robinson?
On Tuesday, all across the baseball world, Jackie Robinson Day commemorations will once again take center stage. Since 2004, April 15 has been an obligatory notch on the baseball calendar, an ...
Top Pentagon spokesman John Ullyot is set to become the latest high-profile Department of Defense staffer to leave, weeks after he was involved in a controversy over baseball hero Jackie Robinson.
The barrier-breaking baseball Hall of Famer is buried at the Cypress Hills Cemetery, just off the parkway bearing his name.
On Jackie Robinson Day in 2022 ... The holiday has never been a controversial one because Robinson hasn't been a controversial topic in decades. It was a surprise, then, when the Trump ...
78 years ago, Jackie Robinson made his MLB debut, breaking the color barrier and becoming the first Black player in modern Major League Baseball. Today, among political controversy and DEI ...
Branch Rickey knew that signing Jackie Robinson as the first Black player in Major League Baseball’s modern era was a potentially risky endeavor.