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Jackie Robinson wasn’t the only candidate to break baseball’s color line

Branch Rickey’s search ranged widely across Latin America and the Negro Leagues

Sports

A handshake from a white teammate signaled Jackie Robinson’s arrival in America’s game

George Shuba’s defining act as a ballplayer came in a minor league contest 75 years ago

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Black History Month poetic tribute: Jackie Robinson

He thrived while enduring hate and vitriol

Sports

Historic Dodgertown to be renamed Jackie Robinson Training Complex

The former spring training site will serve as a hub for amateur development initiatives and events

Sports

The day the Brooklyn Dodgers fielded Major League Baseball’s first majority-black lineup

Walter Alston changed his mind about playing Sandy Amoros, and the rest is history

Sports

Jackie Robinson’s family tosses first pitch as Dodgers take Game 1 of World Series

Robinson’s widow, daughter and son return to Dodger Stadium on 45th anniversary of his death

Sports

When Jackie Robinson and Dan Bankhead became the first African-Americans to play in World Series

Seventy years later, the Dodgers are once again in the Fall Classic

Sports

The day the Philadelphia Phillies left a hotel that wouldn’t accommodate black and Latino players

‘The poor guys had to go scrounge for a meal in another community.’