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Twenty-five years after Robinson's death, the Interboro Parkway was renamed the Jackie Robinson Parkway in his memory. This parkway bisects the cemetery in close proximity to Robinson's gravesite. [261] After Robinson's death, his widow founded the Jackie Robinson Foundation, and she remains an officer as of 2024. [262]
Rachel and Robinson married on February 10, 1946, [1] the year before he broke into the big leagues. They had three children, named Jackie Robinson Jr. (1946–1971), who died in an automobile crash in 1971 at age 24, Sharon Robinson (born 1950) and David Robinson (born 1952), who currently has ten children. [3]
The Dodgers and Nationals were joined by Ayo Robinson, a granddaughter of Jackie and Rachel Robinson who was born after his death in 1972. Her father is David Robinson.
The foundation was founded by Rachel Robinson, the wife of Jackie, in 1973, a couple of months after his death. The foundation provides four-year college scholarships in conjunction with a comprehensive set of skills and opportunities to disadvantaged students of color to ensure their success in college and to develop their leadership potential.
Robinson’s signing by the Dodgers, which came after years of pressure from unions, civil rights activists and Black and socialist newspaper editors, counted as a major victory for the broader ...
The search is over for a stolen statue of baseball’s barrier-breaking star, but investigators in Wichita, Kansas, say the burned remnants recovered by firefighters mean the tribute to Jackie ...
David Hobbs, an employee at Art Castings of Colorado, touches up a wax mold of Jackie Robinson’s head in Loveland, Colo. on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. ... before his death in 2022 at the age of 67 ...
The bronze Jackie Robinson cleats that were left behind when a statue of the first player to break Major League Baseball’s color barrier was stolen from a Kansas park are being donated to the ...