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

Jackie Robinson wasn’t just a baseball legend—he was a trailblazer, a man of resilience, and someone who appreciated the ...

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

Animator Jason Fleurant's Exhibit Treal Studios earned the award for an episode of its children's educational series Peanut Headz: Black History Toonz that paid homage to Jackie Robinson’s sports and ...

Three Bucknell University students in 1946 wanted nothing to do with the racial and ethnic discrimination embraced by most ...

In the century before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball and decades before Jack Johnson became the first African American heavyweight boxing champion, a Black man named ...

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 ...

"Spring training is the opportunity for families to unite," explained Traer Van Allen, general manager of the minor-league St ...

COURTESY PHOTO Jim Becker at his surprise 98th birthday party last August. Jim Becker, an author and a newsman who covered ...

East Milton Elementary third-graders portrayed historic and contemporary African Americans in Living Wax Museum.

Jim Becker, an author and a newsman who covered numerous monumental events in history, died today at age 98. STAR-ADVERTISER / 2006 Jim Becker, an author and a newsman who covered numerous monumental ...

Jim Becker, AP Reporter Who Covered Jackie Robinson and an Underdog Hawaii Football Team, Dies at 98 HONOLULU (AP) — Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big ...