A new documentary tells the often-overlooked story of the second wave of talented Black baseball players after Jackie Robinson, who fought battles on and off the field to demand a fairer and more ...

*More than a decade after the Jackie Robinson West controversy dominated headlines that never quite got it right, the players ...

It’s never too late to make amends, even 69 years after the fact. The Philadelphia City Council proved as much on March 31, when it unanimously passed a resolution honoring Jackie Robinson and ...

If you were living in Chicago in 2014, it was hard to ignore the buzz surrounding Jackie Robinson West, the first all-Black team to win the Little League U.S. Baseball Championship. Fans celebrated ...

The 61st edition of the Chicago International Film Festival begins Wednesday night, with the world premiere of a documentary of the Jackie Robinson West Little League team that won the U.S.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Chicago International Film Festival is off and running, with dazzling movies from around the world. The opening night feature, ...

On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson broke Baseball's color barrier when he made his historic MLB debut. Every year on April 15, Baseball honors Jackie's legacy by celebrating his life, values and ...

The Nation‘s Dave Zirin says that he’ll watch the Jackie Robinson film with an open mind, but he worries about the aspects of the legendary black baseball player’s life that might have been left on ...

Jackie Robinson plays himself as the man who broke MLB’s color barrier. (1950) The sports drama starring Jackie Robinson, Ruby Dee, and Minor Watson tells the real life story of the first black man to ...

In the summer of 2014, 13 boys from Chicago's South Side did something no all-Black team had ever done: they won the U.S. Little League Championship. For one shining moment, Jackie Robinson West was ...

The most significant moment in Major League Baseball history took place on April 15, 1947 when Jackie Robinson made his Major League debut and forever broke the baseball color barrier.