"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives," Jackie Robinson said not long before he died in 1972.

Naturally, tensions between different groups develop and relations deteriorate. If Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson wanted to live comfortably in the white major leagues and Negro Leagues, ...

"Jackie Robinson's impact was greater than ... That's what Robinson had to do when Dodgers president and general manager Branch Rickey selected him to become the first African-American to play ...

Robinson’s tremendous baseball skill, strength of character and insistence on equality made him the perfect choice for Branch Rickey, the manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, in his search for a ...

In 1946, Jackie Robinson is a Black League baseball player who never takes racism lying down. Branch Rickey is a Major League team executive with a bold idea. To that end, Rickey recruits Robinson ...

But then again, there haven't been many people like Jackie Robinson ... That's what Robinson had to do when Dodgers president Branch Rickey selected him to become the first African-American ...