Since 2004, Major League Baseball celebrates Jackie Robinson Day on April 15, in memory of the day on 1947, when Jackie Robinson, an African-American player, was the first to beat segregation and break the Color Line, which banned black players to participate in Major League and Minor League Baseball since 1880 . A historic day that … Lire la suite Bob Kendrick: « Jackie was literally carrying some 21 million African-Americans on his broad shoulders » – Jackie Robinson Day