The first contract Jackie Robinson signed along with Brooklyn Dodgers president Branch Rickey on Oct. 23, 1945, was an agreement to play for the Montreal Royals, the Dodgers’ top farm club.

Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn Dodgers' second baseman, and Dodgers president Branch Rickey after signing a contract in 1950. Robinson more than doubled his salary from $17,000 to $35,000 after winning ...

The first contract Jackie Robinson signed along with Brooklyn Dodgers president Branch Rickey on Oct. 23, 1945, was an agreement to play for the Montreal Royals, the Dodgers' top farm club.

"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 ...

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 ...

“Imagine,” Wesley Branch Rickey once said ... At Brooklyn in 1947, Rickey broke baseball’s long-established color line, hiring Jackie Robinson as the major leagues’ first Negro ballplayer.

The first contract Jackie Robinson signed along with Brooklyn Dodgers president Branch Rickey on Oct. 23, 1945, was an agreement to play for the Montreal Royals, the Dodgers' top farm club. The deal ...