Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big-league baseball debut and the U.S. Army’s retaking ...

where Jackie excelled in high school sports ... Bears professional football team and then was drafted into the U.S. Army. Robinson joined the Negro League’s Kansas City Monarchs in 1945 for ...

Facing racism and discrimination everywhere, Robinson refused to give in, defying Jim Crow segregation in Pasadena and, as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army, standing up for his rights when ...

Jackie Robinson was an exceptional athlete ... Robinson was drafted and served in the Army. Robinson was stationed in Fort Hood, Texas for a bit, and in 2016 the base named its softball field ...

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 ...