Reginald F. Lewis, a New York lawyer turned entrepreneur, made history by building the first Black-owned billion-dollar company, TLC Beatrice International. His journey from humble beginnings to ...

President Trump announced Thursday that the National Garden of American Heroes will be getting statues of Kobe Bryant, ...

Antiques Roadshow expert Jasmani Francis was left stunned when he was shown a series of letters from baseball legend Jackie ...

Before Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Jackie Robinson became the first Black player in Major League Baseball and embarked on a Hall-of-Fame MLB career, he was a four-sport star at UCLA ...

Baseball player and civil rights icon Jackie Robinson has been immortalized in many ways — movies, with a larger than life statue in Jersey City, and baseball players all wear his number 42 on ...

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.

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.

But one key piece of baseball history is off the market right now and is instead in the hands of U.S. marshals: the contract signed by Jackie Robinson, breaking baseball’s color barrier. L.A. Times ...

Bed-Stuy residents started a Change.org petition in mid-January to try to get the commissioner to open the tennis courts.

Baseball legend Jackie Robinson, who broke the sport's color barrier in 1947, made several important stops in Louisville and Kentucky. Before he wore No. 42 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Robinson ...

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 ...