The Man Behind the Man Who Broke MLB's Color Barrier: Branch Rickey
"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives," Jackie Robinson said not long before he died in 1972.
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Naval Academy Flags Jackie Robinson Biography For Removal By Trump Administration
The Los Angeles Dodgers are set to visit the White House on April 7 to celebrate their 2024 World Series championship, but it ...
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Defense Department webpage on Jackie Robinson goes down, then returns amid DEI purge
A Department of Defense webpage describing baseball and civil rights icon Jackie Robinson's military service was restored Wednesday after it was missing earlier in the day. A Department of Defense ...
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Elwood Watson | The most telling thing about Pentagon’s Jackie Robinson reversal
Federal websites have been a surprise target of President Donald Trump, who ordered the Pentagon and other agencies to scan ...
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Controversial DEI Policy Changes Could Eliminate Jackie Robinson Biography
The U.S. Naval Academy faces backlash for flagging Jackie Robinson’s biography amid a DEI policy shift, sparking concerns.
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Defense Department can’t undo damage of deleting Jackie Robinson
Before Rosa Parks changed history by refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Alabama bus, a righteous Black Army lieutenant was court martialed for taking the same stand in Texas.
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The Jackie Robinson you didn’t know
We all might think we know a lot about Jackie Robinson. OK, maybe not his shoe size, but we know his story as the first Black man to play in Major League Baseball. But Ken Makin today shows us sides ...
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Jackie Robinson is an American hero for the ages
Certainly, Jackie Robinson fits the bill. Paying an extraordinary personal price, he served as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army during World War II and broke baseball’s color barrier, changing ...
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'DEI is dead', so ...: Webpage of MLB’s Jackie Robinson dissapears, and then returns after hours
The Pentagon removed a webpage honoring Jackie Robinson, stating that 'DEI is dead.' The removed page, celebrating Robinson's achievements and military service, was part of an article titled ...
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RGIII catches heat for saying Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier wasn’t political
In this instance, that didn’t work for many people, and he was forced to explain further, saying that his post was “not about Jackie Robinson ... before the Civil Rights Act.
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Article on Jackie Robinson’s military career is restored to DOD Web site
An article detailing Jackie Robinson’s military career has been restored to the US Department of Defense’s (DOD) Web site amid a purge of material considered to be related to diversity, equity and ...
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NLBM urges people not to forget history in response to temporary Jackie Robinson DEI removal
“Jackie Robinson epitomizes what it means to be ... Kendrick explains this is a moment that preceded many others in Civil Rights history. “For all intents and purposes, this is what started ...