When I was 7 years old, Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers and became the first African American to play in the major leagues. He was truly one of the game’s greatest players. He could hit ...

Even before the current attack on diversity, major-league clubs have been slow to increase minority representation.

A Day of Reflection and Inspiration. Introduction. 78 years ago, Jackie Robinson made history by becoming the first African American to b ...

On this day i.e., April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson was the first African-American baseball player to break the colour line and play for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the MLB in the modern-day era.

A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2018. We present it here as Major League Baseball celebrates ...

2025 The second drop of the day connected two of the most popular African American baseball players of all time. Ken Griffey Jr.'s retro Nike cleats were released in limited numbers on Tuesday ...

At a time when the Trump administration is ordering a review of how history is depicted in the Smithsonian Institution, ...

Still, only ten African-Americans have followed directly in Ashford’s footsteps, and it wasn’t until this past February that Major League Baseball ... the first black player in the Majors.

Using Major League Baseball as a case study, Cornell research highlights potential shortcomings in diversity metrics that ...

It tells the Negro Leagues’ history, introduces Black and Latino players who went on to integrate baseball and pays special ...