Jack Roosevelt Robinson rose from humble origins to break the color barrier in baseball, becoming one of the most beloved men in America. Born to tenant farmers in rural Georgia and raised in ...

Even if you think you know the story surrounding the theft of League 42’s Jackie Robinson statue, a new Wichita Eagle documentary shows there’s more to the story.

"Jackie Robinson's impact was greater than just that of baseball. He was a transforming agent and in the face of such hostility and such meanness and violence, he did it with such amazing dignity.

In 1946, Jackie Robinson is a Black League baseball player who never takes racism lying down. Branch Rickey is a Major League team executive with a bold idea. To that end, Rickey recruits Robinson ...

After a stint with the minor-league Montreal Royals, Jackie Robinson was the first Black ... This poetic and intimate film tells the personal stories of the residents of Little Burgundy through ...

“Addiction is a part of this film.” Heying said the story “turned ... That includes witnessing Jones “fall in love with baseball — and Jackie Robinson.” There are stories of the ...