Until 1990, the bank anchored Harlem’s financial growth, reaching fourth place among Black-owned banks nationwide with $101.90 million in assets. Housing needs sparked Robinson’s next venture. The ...

What began as Negro History Week — established by historian Carter G. Woodson in February 1926 — evolved into Black History Month decades later in 1976. The annual observance honors, celebrates and ...

Baseball player and civil rights icon Jackie Robinson has been immortalized in many ways — movies, with a larger than life statue in Jersey City, and baseball players all wear his number 42 on ...

A scene from Peanut Headz: Black History Toonz – "Jackie Robinson" illustrates Robinson's historic Major League Baseball debut on April 15, 1947, at Ebbets Field, where he played first base ...

Baseball legend Jackie Robinson, who broke the sport's color barrier in 1947, made several important stops in Louisville and Kentucky. Before he wore No. 42 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Robinson ...

Dodgers great Jackie Robinson was a household name before he broke the Major League Baseball color barrier in 1947. In Montreal, at least, where the fans accepted and revered him. That’s where ...

Thomasville Entertainment Foundation’s free Family Series brings to life the story of Grady County, Georgia, native Jackie Robinson, who broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier when he ...

Two of those men made their impact in Bruin blue as multi-sport athletes Kenny Washington and Jackie Robinson did what they do best and that's dominate. While Jackie Robinson would go on to break ...

Before Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Jackie Robinson became the first Black player in Major League Baseball and embarked on a Hall-of-Fame MLB career, he was a four-sport star at UCLA ...

Jackie Robinson was an exceptional athlete and a civil rights leader. On April 15, 1947, he broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball when he trotted out to first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers.