America stands at a crossroads. George Floyd joins countless Black Americans who, due to systemic racism and discriminatory policies, lost their lives — in plain view, in broad daylight, with blatant disregard for the basic rights of all Americans. If our country’s majority does not choose now to work to correct the gross injustices that persist throughout society, the future is bleak for all of us. Jackie Robinson’s decades-old pronouncement resonates today: “There’s not an American in this country free until each one of us is free.” With allies of all races and backgrounds, the Jackie Robinson Foundation will continue to work to level the playing field in education and in the workplace – and through the Jackie Robinson Museum will pro-mote dialogue that paves a humanitarian path forward consistent with the values for which Jackie and Rachel Robinson stood and fought.
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, 2024This Month in History
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, 2024See 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, 2024The Real Thing
A long time Jackie Robinson Foundation partner, for nearly 40 years the Coca-Cola Company has remained engaged with JRF in a variety of ways. The…
September 4, 2024