"Jackie Robinson's impact was greater than just that ... He had the guts to say no when ordered to the back of the bus in the army, and was court-martialed for his courage. His instinct wasn ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big-league baseball debut and the U.S. Army’s retaking of Seoul during the Korean War, died Friday.

Prior to confronting racism in Major League Baseball, Jackie Robinson challenged the racial status quo in the military. But the Army’s Jim Crow policies were still intact — more than 1 million ...

Jackie Robinson led the way for generations of black ... He had the guts to say no when ordered to the back of the bus in the army, and was court-martialed for his courage. His instinct wasn ...