Branch Rickey Award - Annually honours an individual currently active in Major League Baseball who has demonstrated high standards and social concern through contributions to the community.
Branch Rickey Interview - Interview transcript discussing his role in breaking the colour barrier.
New York Times: Branch Rickey, 83, Dies in Missouri - 1965 New York Times obituary for Branch Rickey, best known for breaking baseball's colour barrier by signing Jackie Robinson to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Robinson, Jackie (1919-1972)@
- Read about Jackie Robinson, the African-American Major League Baseball player credited for breaking baseball's colour barrier. Sites feature biography, career stats, articles, photos, and facts on the Brooklyn Dodgers legend who ended approximately eighty years of baseball segregation in 1947.
Wikipedia: Branch Rickey - Hyperlinked biography of the Major League Baseball executive who is best known for helping break baseball's colour barrier and creating the modern minor league farm system.
