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Membership Has Its Privileges

What does a member of the U.S. Congress, an NFL coach, and the director of a crime lab have in common? They are all alumni…

October 8, 2024

From Mentee to Mentor

It’s safe to say that JRF Alumnus and MIT graduate Keith Bevans ’95 is a wunderkind. As a kid, he was an electronics whiz tinkering…

October 8, 2024

This Month in History: October

October is always a transitional month in baseball and off the field, bringing the change of season and the “Fall Classic” a.k.a., the World Series….

October 8, 2024

In Memoriam: Quincy Jones

The Jackie Robinson Foundation (JRF) mourns the passing of influential jazz and pop music legend, civil rights activist and beacon of possibility Quincy Jones on…

November 5, 2024

From Adversity to Advocacy

JRF alumna Ashley D. Williams ’12 emerged from the adversity of being raised in the foster care system to a career path of advocacy for…

September 4, 2024

This Month in History: September

Jackie Robinson’s first September in Major League Baseball was rife with the drama commensurate with being the modern era’s first Black player in a highly…

September 4, 2024

See It, Be It

On June 6, 2024, the Jackie Robinson Museum hosted Women in Soccer, the second installment of its Leveling the Playing Field program series underwritten by…

September 4, 2024