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Tag: Jackie Robinson

Posted inSports

Setting the Record Straight on Jackie Robinson’s Legacy

by Liz Dwyer, Special to The Informer via Word in Black April 14, 2022April 20, 2022

On April 15, 2022, when 56,000 fans of the Los Angeles Dodgers head to the famed stadium in Chavez Ravine to watch the Dodgers take on the Cincinnati Reds, they won’t just be eating peanuts and popcorn and celebrating their love of America’s National Pastime.

Jackie Robinson
Posted inBlack History, Sports

Jackie Robinson Day – The Celebration Goes On, Albeit Virtually

by WI Guest Author April 15, 2020December 21, 2021
Frank Robinson
Posted inBlack Experience, Black History, National, Obituary, Sports

Baseball Trailblazer, Civil Rights Icon Frank Robinson Dead at 83

by WI Guest Author February 8, 2019October 31, 2020
Posted inAskia Muhammad, Columnists, Op-Ed, Opinion

MUHAMMAD: Too Bad Black ‘Teams’ Didn’t Get into Majors

by Askia Muhammad August 1, 2018October 31, 2020
Louise Beavers (left) plays a maid whose daughter (Fredi Washington) passes for White in “Imitation of Life." (Courtesy of Universal Pictures)
Posted inBlack Experience, Entertainment

Films to Watch During Black History Month

by WI Guest Author February 2, 2018October 31, 2020
Colin Kaepernick
Posted inOp-Ed, Opinion, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.

JESSE JACKSON: Kaepernick’s Protest is Part of a Patriotic Tradition

by Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. September 1, 2017October 31, 2020
Posted inBlack Experience, National, Sports

Baseball Great Hank Aaron Calls Out NFL for Not Signing Colin Kaepernick

by WI Guest Author August 25, 2017October 31, 2020
Scholars from the Jackie Robinson Foundation take the field for a pregame ceremony on Jackie Robinson Day at Nationals Park in Southeast on April 15. (John De Freitas/The Washington Informer)
Posted inBlack History, Community, Sports

Nationals Remember Jackie Robinson on 70th Anniversary

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff Writer April 17, 2017October 30, 2020
David Robinson
Posted inJames Clingman, Op-Ed, Opinion

CLINGMAN: Making Black History, Pt. 4 — Buy African Coffee

by WI Guest Author March 1, 2017October 30, 2020
Posted inSports

Honoring Jackie Robinson Extends Into Orbit This Year

by Washington Informer April 16, 2015October 30, 2020

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