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Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson (Jack Roosevelt Robinson), 1919-72, American baseball player, the first African-American player in the modern major leagues, b. Cairo, Ga. He grew up in Pasadena, Calif., where he became an outstanding athlete in high school and junior college. While attending (1939-41) the Univ. of... Read more
baseball
baseball bat-and-ball sport known as the national pastime of the United States. It derives its name from the four bases that form a diamond (the infield) around the pitcher's mound. Basic Rules Teams consist of nine players who use a leather-covered hard ball, a wooden (in the professiona... Read more

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Robinson, Jackie
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History Robinson, Jackie (1919–1972), baseball player...and raised in Pasadena, California, Jackie Robinson attended the University of California...Professional Sports . Bibliography Jackie Robinson with and Alfred Duckett , I Never Had... Read more
Jackie Robinson
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...s most valuable player. Robinson played his entire career...after his debut. In 1962 Robinson became the first African...Bases (2002); A. Rampersad, Jackie Robinson (1997); S. Simon, Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball... Read more
Jack Roosevelt Robinson
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...play major league baseball. Jackie Robinson was born on Jan. 31, 1919, in...of which Carl. T. Rowan with Jackie Robinson, Wait till Next Year: The Life Story of Jackie Robinson (1960), is a candid portrayal... Read more
Roy Campanella
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...American pioneers. Playing with Jackie Robinson on the Brooklyn Dodgers, Campanella...Summer." Duke Snider, Gil Hodges, Jackie Robinson, and Pee Wee Reese got more...Never." Crashing the Color Bar Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color bar when... Read more
Wesley Branch Rickey
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...organized baseball when he signed Jackie Robinson in 1946. Branch Rickey was born...dozens of players, Rickey chose Jackie Robinson, a former collegiate football...slowly and cautiously in bringing Robinson to the Dodgers. He studied the... Read more
Satchel Paige
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Satchel Paige Long before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier of "organized baseball, " Satchel Paige (1906-1982) was a name well known to the general sports public... Read more
Branch Rickey
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...farm system (1919) and integrated the major leagues by signing (1945) Jackie Robinson to a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Bibliography: See biography by M. Polner (1982); H. Frommer, Rickey and Robinson (1982). Read more
Civil Rights Movement
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States ...Sojourner Truth, the hesitant proclamations of Abraham Lincoln, the advocacy of W. E. B. Du Bois, the calm spirit of Jackie Robinson, and the post‐World War II litigation efforts of Thurgood Marshall. And since, in the language of Martin Luther... Read more
Lacy, Sam
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...that he covered all the giants of the twentieth-century sporting world — Joe Louis, Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Muhammed Ali, to name a few — but that he continued to cover sports well into his nineties... Read more
Bill Veeck
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...the midget Eddie Gaedel (1952). Veeck also integrated the American League by hiring Larry Doby in 1947, weeks after Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National League. Bibliography: See his Veeck—As in Wreck (with E. Linn; 1962... Read more

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The Kid
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...photography: Rollie Totheroh. Cast: Jackie Coogan ( The Kid ); Edna Purviance...Bio-Bibliography , Westport, Connecticut, 1983. Robinson, David, Chaplin: The Mirror of Opinion...the Tramp's relationship to Little Jackie (Jackie Coogan), a five-year-old child who... Read more
Jackson, Michael
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...an indebtedness to great R&B vocalists such as Smokey Robinson and Jackie Wilson, while forging his own energetic, charismatic style...single was backed with a version of R&B group Smokey Robinson & the Miracles' 1960 song, "Who's Lovin' You," on which... Read more
Rock and Roll
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...history is complicated and contested. Although widely debated, Jackie Bernston's "Rocket 88," pressed in 1951, is often cited as...group. Popular Motown artists included the Temptations, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, and Diana Ross and the Supremes. By the end... Read more
Laszlo, Ernest
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Up (Green); Manhandled (Foster); The Big Wheel (Ludwig); D.O.A. (Mat é ) 1950 Riding High (Capra) (co); The Jackie Robinson Story (Green); When I Grow Up (Kanin) 1951 M (Losey); The Well (Popkin and Rouse); Mutiny (Dmytryk) 1952 The First... Read more
Raging Bull
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Smith ( Janet ); Mardik Martin ( Copa waiter ); Peter Savage ( Jackie Curtie ); Daniel P. Conte ( Detroit Promoter ); Joe Malanga...Floyd Anderson ( Jimmy Reeves ); Johnny Barnes ( "Sugar" Ray Robinson ); Kevin Mahon ( Tony Janiro ); Eddie Mustafa Muhammad ( Billy... Read more
Dern, Bruce
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Coolidge — for TV) (as John Hollander) 1990 After Dark, My Sweet (Foley) (as Uncle Bud); The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (Peerce — for TV) (as Scout Ed Higgins) 1991 Into the Badlands (for TV) (as T. L. Barston); Carolina Skeletons... Read more
Brooklyn
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Angeles in 1957, the team played at the now-defunct Ebbets Field. In 1947, the Dodgers made history by signing on Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play in the major leagues. BIBLIOGRAPHY Burrows, Edwin G., and Mike Wallace. Gotham... Read more

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Baseball honors legacy of Jackie Robinson with special day.(National Report)
Magazine article from: Jet; 5/3/2004; 549 words ; When Jackie Robinson swung that bat 57 years ago for the...Baseball. April 15 is now officially Jackie Robinson Day, and this inaugural year each...generation are beginning to discover Jackie Robinson. We're proud of all the progress... Read more
Jackie Robinson remembered. (Blacks in Sports: The Jackie Robinson Revolution)
Magazine article from: Ebony; 8/1/1992; ; 700+ words ; THE bringing of Jackie Robinson into baseball was at once the most...acumen as sports has ever known. The Jackie Robinson story started, in a manner of speaking...name stood out over the rest ... Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs of... Read more
Conference celebrates legacy of Jackie Robinson.(conference at Long Island University called 'Jackie Robinson: Race, Sports and the American Dream')
Magazine article from: Jet; 4/21/1997; 490 words ; ...Major League Baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson, recently said at a conference...three-day conference called Jackie Robinson: Race, Sports and the American...Los Angeles for the Salute to Jackie Robinson Night festivities before the... Read more
Jackie Robinson remembered.(historic black baseball player)(excerpt from 'Negro Firsts in Sports')
Magazine article from: Ebony; 2/1/1997; ; 700+ words ; The bringing of Jackie Robinson into baseball was at once the most...acumen as sports has ever known. The Jackie Robinson story started, in a manner of speaking...name stood out over the rest...Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs of... Read more
1947 - 1997: the 50th anniversary of the Jackie Robinson revolution.
Magazine article from: Ebony; 4/1/1997; 700+ words ; ...in the major leagues in 1947, Jackie Robinson played one year with the Montreal...trailblazer, groundbreaker--Jackie Robinson occupies a special place in...Ebony had the honor of covering Jackie Robinson from his 1946 debut with the... Read more
Jackie Robinson Foundation salutes Holly Robinson Peete and Richard Roundtree.(NEWSMAKERS)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Jet; 5/30/2005; 247 words ; The Jackie Robinson Foundation's Celebrating Excellence...others is emblematic of the values Jackie Robinson himself personified, said Della Britton Baeza, president and CEO of the Jackie Robinson Foundation. Each day, we strive to... Read more
Jackie Robinson Foundation honors an educator, a filmmaker and a music exec at awards dinner.(EDUCATION)
Magazine article from: Jet; 3/24/2008; ; 348 words ; ...1 million was raised at the Jackie Robinson Foundation's 2008 Annual Awards...of the late baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson, and also raised funds for the...Baeza, president and CEO of the Jackie Robinson Foundation (JRF), said: Our... Read more
Major League Baseball announces annual Jackie Robinson Day.(Sports)
Magazine article from: Jet; 3/22/2004; 310 words ; ...Baseball will honor the legacy of Jackie Robinson, the first Black player to breach...Selig. Selig recently announced Jackie Robinson Day, saying we are further ensuring...with a 42 logo will be used on Jackie Robinson Day. On behalf of our family... Read more
Baseball great Jackie Robinson honored with Congressional Gold Medal.(Sports)
Magazine article from: Jet; 3/21/2005; 426 words ; Jackie Robinson, who broke baseball's color barrier...widow, Rachel Robinson told the crowd. Jackie Robinson stands as a heroic role model for all...recalling his attempts as a kid to get a Jackie Robinson baseball card even though I was an avid... Read more
Leonard S. Coleman Jr. named chairman of Jackie Robinson Foundation; Kenneth I. Chenault receives Robie Award.
Magazine article from: Jet; 4/1/1996; 395 words ; ...recently named chairman of the Jackie Robinson Foundation in New York City...made at the recent 18th annual Jackie Robinson Foundation Awards Dinner at...Adams, president and CEO of the Jackie Robinson Foundation, noted, This years... Read more