In 1947, during his short stay with the Kansas City Monarchs, Jackie Robinson lived at the hotel. After Ella died in 1953, ...

"Jackie Robinson's impact was greater than just ... In 1945, Robinson spent an unhappy season barnstorming with the Kansas City Monarchs. The educated Robinson, a nonsmoker and nondrinker, didn ...

The league was named in honor of Jackie Robinson, whose jersey number was 42. Before Robinson became the first Black player in Major League history, he was signed by the Kansas City Monarchs of ...

Most Wichitans, along with a whole lot of other people, already know the story of how League 42’s Jackie Robinson statue was stolen from McAdams Park where the nonprofit youth baseball league ...

“More Like Jackie” is a new ... and destruction of a Jackie Robinson statue at the League 42 baseball field. Julie Mah is a lifelong Kansan. She graduated from Kansas State University and ...

Jackie Robinson led the way for generations of ... In 1945, he played shortstop for the Kansas City Monarchs in the Negro League. That year, Happy Chandler became the major leagues' new ...