The new film “42” chronicles and celebrates Jackie Robinson’s courage in integrating ... the owner of Harlem’s National Memorial African Book Store, though Micheaux had sympathized with ...

"Jackie Robinson's impact was greater than just that of baseball. He was a transforming agent and in the face of such hostility and such meanness and violence, he did it with such amazing dignity.

SportsCentury: Disciples of Jackie Robinson celebrates Black History Month by tracing the plight of the African-American players who came after Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball's color ...