Jackie Robinson Movie '42' Honors the Baseball Legend

Jackie Robinson Movie '42' Honors the Baseball Legend

On June 15, 1963, Jackie Robinson sent a telegram to President John F. Kennedy urging him do everything within his power to protect Martin Luther King Jr. "The world cannot afford to lose him to the whims of murderous maniacs," Robinson said in the

Jackie Robinsons photo is displayed at the ArcLight Cinemas in Pasadena on Friday, April 12. Jackie Robinson's photo is displayed at the ArcLight Cinemas in Pasadena on Friday, April 12, 2013. (KABC Photo). Tags: pasadena, movie news, los angeles

Jackie Robinson was the first African-American to play major league baseball. Learn more at Biography.com.

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Indiana Jones himself, Harrison Ford, swashbuckled his way onto a Kansas City red carpet Thursday evening, and for at least a few hours we got to pretend we were Hollywood. OK, so there wasn't any actual swashbuckling