The death of Ruth Ann Butler sent shockwaves through the Upstate as political figures McMaster and White offer condolences to ...

On this day in 1919, baseball and civil rights icon Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia. Best known for breaking Major League Baseball’s color barrier when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers ...

MLK Day events in New York City include Bronx kindness drive, Robinson museum tours, and Harlem documentary screening.

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AVE., LINCOLNVILLE: King spoke at this church during the civil rights movement, as did Jackie Robinson. Hundreds or more attended rallies at the church and also marched to ...

The Vero Beach complex now bearing his name is a multiuse sports facility, where two Florida State League teams play in the Jackie Robinson Celebration Game every April 15 on Jackie ... “Onboard are ...

Baseball history changed forever when Jackie Robinson stepped ... Corporate barriers fell next – Robinson became Chock full o’Nuts’ first African American vice president, serving from 1957 to 1964.

Through the years, leaders in the community have stepped up to create museums or save historical houses belonging to ...

Jackie Robinson, to sit in the “colored” waiting room, marking one of the beginning moments of the Civil Rights Movement in Greenville. The next year, Butler joined with several of her ...

The Jackie Robinson is a 500-seat passenger ferry named in honor of the Brooklyn Dodgers legend and civil rights icon. New York Waterway officials, along with the Jackie Robinson Foundation and ...

Tuesday was the 50th anniversary of Jackie ... told Robinson that he made his job much easier, and that Robinson’s success showed that blacks can succeed and should fight for equal rights. After ...