The great experiment: Jackie and the Montreal Royals - The Tribune

In 1997 the American people will celebrate with great fanfare and publicity the fiftieth anniversary of Jackie Robinson's explosive entrance into major league baseball. Robinson has become a national icon, his name a virtual synonym for pathbreaker. Indeed, much has transpired between this young African-American's first bold strides around the baseball diamonds of a segregated America and General Manager Bob Watson's pride in assembling 1996 World Champion New York Yankees.

Baseball's Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy [Book]

Jackie Robinson - Wikipedia

The Robinson Interregnum: The Black Press Responds to the Signing of Jackie Robinson, October 23, 1945-March 1, 1946

Opinion: The Jackie Robinson Montreal story - The Globe and Mail

Graig Kreindler on X: A color study of Jackie Robinson with the Montreal Royals in 1946. This is one of 180 of such pieces that will be on display at the Negro

March 17, 1946: Jackie Robinson plays his first exhibition game for Montreal Royals – Society for American Baseball Research

In this gripping account of one of the most important steps in the history of American desegregation, Jules Tygiel tells the story of Jackie

Baseball's Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy

Clyde Sukeforth, the man who discovered Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente, is the Forrest Gump of baseball - ESPN

Houstonian had an on-field view of Jackie Robinson's first game

Jackie Robinson - Wikipedia