Here are 42 facts to celebrate the legendary athlete. 1. Jackie Robinson was born in Georgia but raised in California. Jack "Jackie" Roosevelt Robinson was born on January 31, 1919, in Cairo ...

Jackie Robinson was an exceptional athlete and a civil rights leader. On April 15, 1947, he broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball when he trotted out to first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Community celebrations being planned to commemorate the nation's 250th anniversary next year are at risk of being significantly scaled back or canceled because of federal funding cuts under Trump's ...

Tuesday was the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. By now, most — if not all — of you are surrounded by homage to the break-down of the color barrier in baseball.

Titled the Achievement in Stunt Design, the award will be introduced at the 100th Academy Awards for films released in 2027. Jackie Chan reacts onstage during the 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards ...

A version of this story was first published on April 15, 2020. NEW YORK -- Jackie Robinson had a baseball career for the ages. Much of that we know. It starts, of course, on April 15, 1947, when he ...

April 14, 2025 • Did you know there's an insect that can fling its pee 40 times faster than a cheetah accelerates? We did — thanks to a comic from the Bhamla Lab at the Georgia Institute of ...

The movie, directed by Bryce Dallas Howard, celebrates animals while planting a seed of interest in rescue operations. By Alissa Wilkinson Davis raises the bar on sheer brawniness in this action ...