In 2004, MLB established April 15 as Jackie Robinson Day because that was the day he debuted for the Dodgers and broke the league's color barrier in 1947.

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The Los Angeles Dodgers are the team most closely linked to Jackie Robinson Day, because when he wore that blue No. 42 in his trailblazing MLB career, it was for the Dodgers. But a mid-career move to ...

The barrier-breaking baseball Hall of Famer is buried at the Cypress Hills Cemetery, just off the parkway bearing his name.

Gathering at the Jackie Robinson statue in Centerfield Plaza has become a special annual tradition for the Dodgers every ...

In response to a presidential administration lambasting baseball's greatest hero as a DEI story, MLB and the Dodgers have ...