the first African-American umpire in Major League Baseball, from the collections of the National Museum of African American History and Culture (Gift of Frederick A. King and Family). Susan ...

He became the first African American baseball player in major league history. 15. Jackie Robinson was 1947's Rookie of the Year. He also won Rookie of the Year in 1947 with a batting average of ...

On this day i.e., April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson was the first African-American baseball player to break the colour line and play for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the MLB in the modern-day era.

Born in Cairo, Georgia, Jackie Robinson transformed professional sports in 1947 by becoming the first African American player in Major League Baseball. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian ...

1947 In a day that is remembered in history, Jackie Robinson became the first African American baseball player in history when he stepped on the field for the Brookly Dodgers. The Washington ...

The steepest decline in African-American baseball players occurred in the 1990s ... They investigated using five different approaches: First, they compared county-level birth data with a database ...

Yet only a mile away, a stadium is built to honor an African-American baseball player named Pop Lloyd. Dubbed the "Black Wagner", John Henry "Pop" Lloyd was one of the greatest athletes of his time.

1947 — Jackie Robinson becomes 1st African-American ... becomes the 25th player to hit 400 home runs as the Boston Red Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 4-3. 1997 — Baseball honors Jackie ...

When I was 7 years old, Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers and became the first African American to play in the major leagues. He was truly one of the game’s greatest players. He could hit ...

In the '74 Series there were 15 African-American players. Today there are 3. And the number of African-American baseball players on Major League Baseball teams stands around 8% – that's a huge ...