#DYK? Jackie Robinson was court-martialed during his time in the military. Our museum’s Curator of Sports Damion Thomas tells the story. #GameChangers #Jackie42 View the full video in celebration of the 75th anniversary of #JackieRobinsonDay this week: nmaahc.si.edu/celebratingjackie | Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture

Did you know 2nd Lieutenant Jackie Robinson faced a court martial after refusing to give up his seat on a military bus in 1944? Of the confrontation that followed, Robinson said: “Everything would have been alright if I had been a ‘yes, boss’ type.” Explore this chapter in Robinson’s service and patriotism and how it resonates today at our panel discussion this Thursday, November 6th. Special thanks to our presenters and partners: @bvsj_inc @newyorkveterans @blackveteransproject @keybank! | The

Jackie Robinson Was Rosa Parks—11 Years Earlier On July 6, 1944—eleven years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in Montgomery—Second Lieutenant Jackie Robinson boarded a U.S. Army bus at Fort Hood, Texas, and sat next to Virginia Jones, the light-skinned wife of another Black officer. The civilian bus driver, mistaking Jones for white, ordered Robinson to move to the back of the bus. Robinson refused. Military buses on U.S. Army bases were already desegregated under federal wartime re

Jackie Robinson was a four-sport star at UCLA before his historic MLB career began with the 1947 Dodgers! | MLB Network

"Jackie Robinson scored the winning run in the first Major League game he played... just the beginning." Today, on the birthday of the baseball pioneer, we look back on his everlasting impact on our game. | MLB Network