The Jackie Robinson Foundation

🎶 Celebrate the power of music, history, and community at the Jackie Robinson Museum!
Join us for “Jackie Robinson: Legacy Through Music,” a special Juneteenth and African American Music Month celebration exploring the connections between Jackie Robinson’s life and the soundtrack of social change.

✨ Interactive music workshops
🎨 Hands-on art making
🏟️ Special gallery tours
🎤 Fun for all ages

📍 Jackie Robinson Museum
📅 June 19, Special Activities 12-3PM
🎟️ Free with Museum Admission

Get your tickets today through the link in bio.

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The Museum team joined a sold out crowd of thousands of students, teachers, and fans at the Education Day game yesterday!

Thanks for having us and here’s to ! ⚾

We’re excited to be returning to Outdoors for Autism event, and this year is especially meaningful—it marks their 10th anniversary!

Join us THIS weekend for an afternoon filled with fun, entertainment, and community connection.

🗓️ May 31 from 11:30 AM to 2:30PM
📍Rev. T. Wendell Foster Park in the Bronx.
🎟️ Free Event
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Years before Branch Rickey signed Jackie Robinson to the Brooklyn Dodgers, members of the Black Press were advocating for the integration of Major League Baseball. Join us at today’s Third Thursday lunchtime tour to meet the person Robinson credited as being “partly responsible” for his career.

See you this afternoon at 1PM!

🎟️ Get tickets at the link in bio.
📍Jackie Robinson Museum | 75 Varick Street, NYC

May 20, 1951–Jackie Robinson arrives at his hotel room in Cincinnati to find two FBI agents, who inform him of a threat made against his life should Robinson play at Crosley field that Sunday. Undeterred by the threat, Robinson goes 2-for-5 in a doubleheader sweep over the Reds.

May 19, 1962–The UCLA Alumni Association honors Jackie Robinson as the Edward A. Dickson Alumnus of the Year at a ceremony in Los Angeles. Robinson, a four-sport athlete at UCLA, was cited for his “outstanding career accomplishments” in the years since he left UCLA in 1941. UCLA Library Special Collections, University Archives

Jackie Robinson was a leader in the fight for civil rights, working alongside collaborators like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and NAACP Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins. Stop by this Thursday to learn more about Robinson’s contributions to the Civil Rights Movement as well as the story behind this iconic photo.

🎟️ Space is limited — reserve your spot today at the link in bio.
📍Jackie Robinson Museum | 75 Varick Street, NYC

Before Jackie Robinson was breaking barriers in baseball, he was pushing back against discrimination in the U.S. Army. Join us for this month’s Third Thursday lunchtime tour to find out how he did it and how his relationship with heavyweight champion, Joe Louis, helped!

🎟️ Space is limited — reserve your spot today at the link in bio.
📍Jackie Robinson Museum | 75 Varick Street, NYC