In Memoriam: Charles R. Rangel
The Jackie Robinson Foundation (JRF) mourns the loss of former congressman and Harlem legend Charles Rangel—a civil rights activist and war hero who rose from…
May 27, 2025
New Ferry Named After Jackie Robinson Celebrates Legacy
Yesterday, New York Waterway christened the newest addition to its fleet, Jackie Robinson, in a traditional champagne bottle-breaking ceremony at its Port Imperial Terminal in…
January 30, 2025
In Memoriam: James Earl Carter, Jr.
Our thoughts and condolences are with the family of our country’s 39th president, Jimmy Carter, the longest-lived president in our history and winner of the…
December 30, 2024
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
Assuming a Leadership Role with an Eye on the Future
Entering her junior year at Spellman College in Atlanta, Geogia, JRF Scholar and 2024 Spike Lee Youth Motivation Award winner Kayla Brown, majoring in Biology…
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
Mentoring & Leadership Conference 2020
February 28 – March 3, 2020 New York Marriott Marquis 1535 Broadway New York, NY 10036 Map In addition to the year-round individual mentoring, JRF…
January 6, 2020The Jackie Robinson Centennial Celebration
The Jackie Robinson Foundation (JRF) will commemorate the 100th birthday of its namesake with a year-long schedule of events in 2019 that will benefit the…
January 30, 2019
Jackie Robinson Foundation’s New Scholar Orientation – 2019
The Jackie Robinson Foundation’s New Scholar Orientation (NSO) is a three-day conference that offers workshops andactivities focused on the high school to college transition for…
January 6, 2019