Jackie Robinson Day is held every year on April 15 ... will be sung by the choir from Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church in Phoenix. Raven Gibson will throw the ceremonial first pitch.

The Diamondbacks celebrate Jackie Robinson's impact in breaking barriers in baseball and inspiring necessary change in the sport and our nation.

The Jackie Robinson Training Complex in Vero Beach, Florida, hosted its annual Presidents Day youth baseball tournament, ...

In 1948, Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers hit the first homerun at Dodgertown, the team's new spring training home in Vero Beach. Batting leadoff, he sent the second pitch of the game deep into ...

"Jackie Robinson's impact was greater than just that of baseball. He was a transforming agent and in the face of such hostility and such meanness and violence, he did it with such amazing dignity.

But then again, there haven't been many people like Jackie Robinson. "A life is not important," he said, "except in the impact it has on other lives." Jackie Robinson led the way for generations ...