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

Baseball legend Jackie Robinson, born Jan. 31 ... Robinson joined the Negro League’s Kansas City Monarchs in 1945 for a reported $400 a month. On Oct. 23, 1945, Robinson signed a contract ...

The brazen theft of a bronze Jackie Robinson statue in Kansas ... 313 MLB career batting average, began his career with the Kansas City Monarchs as part of the Negro Leagues before signing with ...

BUZZ MAGAZINE The Negro Leagues have only recently received their due in baseball history, as their story, in a time when ...

"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 ...

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 ...