Jackie Robinson

MANY ARE AWARE THAT JACKIE ROBINSON BROKE THE COLOR BARRIER IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, BUT HOW MANY KNOW THAT HE DID IT IN FLORIDA?

IN 1945, THE BROOKLYN DODGERS, SECRETLY SIGNED JACKIE ROBINSON TO THE DODGERS’ TOP FARM CLUB, THE ...

National Historic Landmark-Jackie Robinson House

National Historical Landmark-John Roosevelt (Jackie) Robinson House

Home (1947-50) of the baseball player who in 1947 became the first African-American to play in the major leagues, thus breaking the color barrier to full integration in professional team sports.

Courtesy National Park Service ...

Jackie Robinson Memorial Ball Park

Baseball Hall-of-Famer Jackie Robinson played his first exhibition game as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers farm club at this park on March 17, 1946, professional baseball's first integrated game. In 1947, Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers and made baseball ...

Birthplace of Jackie Robinson

First African American in Major League Baseball

Robinson was born here on January 31, 1919 before he and his family moved to California in 1920. After attending U.C.L.A., serving in the U.S. Army, and playing in the Negro American Baseball and ...

Where the Dodgers Made Baseball History and Jackie Robinson Chan

Once upon a time (1890-1957), there was a major league baseball team in Brooklyn—the Dodgers. They played their games at Ebbets Field (1913-1957) in Flatbush, where the fans and players dodged the trolley cars to get to the ballpark. But ...