Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn Dodgers' second baseman, and Dodgers president Branch Rickey after signing a contract in 1950. Robinson more than doubled his salary from $17,000 to $35,000 after winning ...

That quote was made famous by the 2013 film, '42: The Jackie Robinson Story,' a ... clubhouse by a teammate in response to a death threat sent to Robinson in a letter, according to longtime ...

Jackie Robinson led the way for generations of black ... "Robinson was the target of racial epithets and flying cleats, of hate letters and death threats, of pitchers throwing at his head and ...