The legacy of Jackie Robinson, baseball's greatest change agent

Posted Apr 17, 2026
Branch Rickey signed Jackie Robinson on Oct. 23, 1945, and Robinson became the first Black player in Major League Baseball. And wherever he ranked among the Negro League's best, he was absolutely the right man to be the first to break the color line. He had the intangibles that better prepared him to be able to deal with the immense racial hatred. (ESPN)

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