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, 2025Our Scholars featured below have spoken at our leadership & mentoring conference, or featured in another JRF event.
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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, 2025Yesterday, 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, 2025Our 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, 2024What 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, 2024It’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, 2024Entering 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, 2024October 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