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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 ...
Darryl Strawberry was at Citi Field for the Mets’ Black Legacy Game, a game that honors the history of players like Jackie ...
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.
John Ullyot was one of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's initial hires and oversaw some of its most highly visible but ...
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 ...