Jackie Robinson Day this year comes just a few weeks after the Trump ... and the fight for equality cost the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., ... Despite routinely being subjected to death ...

Robinson did all this with unflinching dignity, too. Despite routinely being subjected to death threats, hate mail and abuse — including by others in baseball — he never once buckled.

Jackie Robinson's courage offers an example that seems much needed today. ... he criticized Martin Luther King Jr., ... Robinson died much too soon.

The Dodgers and Rockies were joined by Sonya Pankey Robinson, the oldest grandchild of Jackie and Rachel Robinson and the only child of Jackie Jr., who was killed in a car accident in 1971 at age 24.