1. Chandler was instrumental in making Jackie Robinson the first black player in the major leagues.

2. Below it there is an action shot of Jackie Robinson sliding into second base.

3. Jackie Robinson breaks color barrier in Major League Baseball in 1947.

4. Baseball has had four black managers since Jackie Robinson broke the sport's racial barrier in 1947.

5. Tuesday marks year number 50 since Jackie Robinson broke the color line in major league baseball.

6. It's the Jackie Robinson effect in baseball.

7. Proceeds will benefit the Jackie Robinson Foundation.

8. Jackie Robinson?) wins the game with a home run.

9. After meeting Jackie Robinson, Rickey knew he found his man.

10. Baseball Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson, the first black to play in the major leagues, resigned his post as an aide to Rockefeller because he could not back a Republican ticket he saw as racist.

11. I've always been aware of our history from Jackie Robinson to Sweetwater Clifton. But I never felt like I deserved to be a part of our tradition because I grew up overseas in Italy.

12. Jackie Robinson came from a humble background, but he was always a high achiever.

13. Long after that epic springtime afternoon when Jackie Robinson changed the face of baseball, he remains an unforgettable figure in the story of American democracy.

14. As baseball commissioner, Chandler was instrumental in making Jackie Robinson the first black player in the major leagues.

15. As Jackie Robinson stepped up to bat in 1947, the crowd in Brooklyn's Ebbets Field exploded.

16. Through the medium of baseball, Jackie Robinson brought white America face to face with this reality.

17. Today is the 60th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking baseball's color barrier. Many players are wearing his old uniform number as a way of honoring the Hall of Famer.

18. After the 1956 season, Jackie Robinson retired from professional baseball.

19. Today is the 60th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking baseball's color barrier.

20. Every child in my daughter's class proudly marched into school this week with creative costumes ranging from Jackie Robinson, Eleanor Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, etc.

21. A few years later, while working at a small-town golf course, Bernstein was astonished to find himself carrying the bag of his hero, Jackie Robinson.

22. When you think about football and basketball color lines, they are less celebrated than Jackie Robinson breaking into major league baseball. But there was a de facto law against letting blacks play.Sentence dictionary

23. "As a minority, I feel honored wearing number 42 and carrying the legacy that Jackie Robinson left," Rivera said on Major League Baseball's Web site.

24. Sunday will mark an important anniversary in American society. Sixty years ago, Jackie Robinson became the first black man to play in Major League Baseball.

1. Chandler was instrumental in making Jackie Robinson the first black player in the major leagues.