Time to Honor Another Great African American-Jackie Robinson

Something to note-tomorrow, April 15th, will mark the 60th anniversary of Brooklyn's number 42 breaking baseball's color barrier. Jackie Robinson is definitely a hero of mine not only because he was a conservative, or resided in St. Albans, N.Y. (my home town) at one time, but also because he maintained a strength of character and resolve the likes of which one would be hard pressed to find in today's sports figures. There have been cases (and shamefully so) of current players of color who honestly do not know who Robinson was or the sacrifices that he made, enabling them to participate in the sports they now take for granted. And Robinson is rarely noted as really being the harbinger of things to come as it relates to breaking down the rules of American apartheid before Dr. King's Civil Rights movement. Please take a gander at the links below commemorating the great Jackie Robinson:

Area athletes honor, remember Jackie Robinson

Montoya's No. 42 to Honor Major League Baseball Legend Jackie Robinson's Debut


Who's like Jackie Robinson today?