ABC News’ Linsey Davis speaks with civil rights activist Ruby Bridges about her latest book, “Ruby Bridges: A Talk With My ...
In the century before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball and decades before Jack Johnson became the first African American heavyweight boxing champion, a Black man named ...
To young and old today who want to make a change, Rita Omokha proclaims, “Tell yourself you can — and watch yourself prove it ...
There are many influential African Americans in US History. Many have stood up against slavery, segregation and racial legacy ...
As Ella Baker noted, women were the "backbone of the civil rights movement," yet their contributions were often overlooked or ...
Baseball history changed forever with Jackie Robinson. Honored in McDonald's Faces of Black History 2025 live on the 360Wise.
Jackie Robinson was an exceptional athlete and a civil rights leader. On April 15, 1947, he broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball when he trotted out to first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Before Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Jackie Robinson became the first Black player in Major League Baseball and embarked on a Hall-of-Fame MLB career, he was a four-sport star at UCLA ...
With the civil rights movement growing in influence, Adams must have understood that he was on the wrong side of history. Starting in 1953, he tried to sell the property to the city for use as a ...