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In May 1950, Life Magazine released to the newstand (their May 8th Edition) with Jackie Robinson as the featured cover (the first time in the magazine’s THEN 13 Year History an African American graced their cover) source: BlackThen.com

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The Jackie Robinson Foundation (JRF) provides a multi-faceted experience designed to not only address the financial needs of minority students who aspire to attend college, but also to guide them through the process of higher education, molding them into dynamic leaders with a commitment to public service and Jackie Robinson’s humanitarian ideals. The award is […]

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As the 2013 baseball season kicks off, the legacy of Jackie Robinson, the first African-American player to take the field in the 20th Century, is remembered. This weekend, 42, a biopic starring Chadwick Boseman as Robinson, will hit theaters. To commemorate the occasion theGrio put together a list of 10 things you may not know about […]

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  Baseball has scored a rare hit in Hollywood, while another American institution — Tom Cruise — has delivered his latest hit overseas. The Jackie Robinson tale “42″ took in $27.3 million to claim the weekend box-office championship domestically, according to studio estimates Sunday. The film has yet to open overseas, where the sport is a harder sell. But […]

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Baseball fans and movie fanatics alike have something to celebrate this Friday with the release of the new film “42.” Aptly titled after the athlete’s jersey number, the film is based on the true story of Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to join Major League Baseball. He became a player for the Brooklyn Dodgers in […]

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MRS. OBAMA: Well, hello! How’s everybody doing? AUDIENCE: Good. MRS. OBAMA: Welcome to the White House. (Laughter.) It’s nice. Let’s do this. (Applause.) I know sometimes it’s hard to know how are you supposed to act in the White House. (Laughter.) Everybody is sitting with their — just loosen up, loosen up. It’s okay. You all are […]

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*The upcoming Jackie Robinson biopic, “42,” is proving to be very influential. At the White House on Tuesday, the First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, hosted 80 high school and college students from across the country for a screening of the film. That was followed by an interactive workshop with the cast and crew […]

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Chadwick Boseman as Jackie Robinson in “42″ *The Jackie Robinson biopic “42,” about Major League Baseball’s first African American player, would not be opening in theaters next month if it weren’t for the blessing of his widow. And she had some concerns. Rachel Robinson Rachel Robinson, who owns the rights to her late husband’s story, questioned director Brian Helgeland’s vision of […]

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  LaTroy Hawkins has heard the stories from his 87-year-old grandfather, about his days of picking cotton in Mississippi, about the times when there were no black players in big league baseball. And about what it meant when Jackie Robinson broke the game’s color barrier. “Without Jackie, I wouldn’t be in front of you,” the […]