Jack Roosevelt Robinson rose from humble origins to break the color barrier in baseball, becoming one of the most beloved men in America. Born to tenant farmers in rural Georgia and raised in ...

That quote was made famous by the 2013 film, '42: The Jackie ... Reds after Robinson broke baseball's color barrier in 1947. While that moment may have been dramatized for the movie — it was ...

After a stint with the minor-league Montreal Royals, Jackie Robinson was the first Black man to play in Major League Baseball and a key contributor to the civil rights movement in the United States.