Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Jackie robinson

  • BUENA VISTA — The storied history of baseball great Jackie Robinson is now on display in photos, videos, words and artifacts at an Atlantic County museum.
  • (Courier-Post)
  • Jackie Robinson, who would have been 93 today, once said that a life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives, Jackie Robinson said. By that measure, his own life was monumental.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • When: Now through May 30. Museum open Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday and Saturday by appointment only.
  • (Courier-Post)
  • America will never forget the name Jackie Robinson. The name itself reverberates all the way back to the 1940s and 50s, the years when segregation was prevalent throughout the country.
  • (Echo online)
  • Former Negro League baseball player and Daytona Beach resident Doc Graham visited the Jackie Robinson Statue Tuesday to remember the Jackie Robinsons birthday. Robinson was born on January 31, 1919 in Cairo, Georgia.
  • (Bay News 9)
  • Former Negro League player Doc Graham, of Daytona Beach, visited the Jackie Robinson Statue at Jackie Robinson Ballpark in Daytona Beach on Tuesday to remember the Hall of Fame legends birthday. Robinson was born Jan.
  • (Daytona Beach News-Journal)
  • Its customary, during Black History Month, to honor the memory of Jackie Robinson for crossing baseballs color line in 1947 and beginning the slow integration of what, until then, was our segregated national pastime.
  • (The Southern)
  • OMAHA, Neb. - The Home Run Foundation of Greater Omaha, charitable arm of the Omaha Storm Chasers, is proud to announce the second annual Jackie Robinson Athletic Scholarship contest.
  • (OurSports Central)
  • As part of the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History's programming for Black History month, actor and playwright Mike Wiley returned again this year to tell the story of Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play national league baseball.
  • (Mount Airy News)
  • Rachel Robinson and Mets manager Willie Randolph celebrate Jackie Robinson Day at Shea Stadium in 2007. Unfortunately, some writers, because they have a way with words, they think theyre smarter than ballplayers, Branca said.
  • (ESPN)

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