@JRFoundation profile picture
Jackie Robinson Foundation @JRFoundation

The Jackie Robinson Foundation provides scholarships & comprehensive career services to college & graduate students. The Jackie Robinson Museum is now open.

Joined November 2009
  • Tweets 4,721
  • Following 497
  • Followers 10,665
1,587 Photos and videos
#ThisDayInHistory May 14, 1952–Jackie and Rachel Robinson’s youngest son, David, is born at Doctors Hospital in Manhattan.
1
5
11
960
#ThisDayInHistory May 8, 1950–Jackie Robinson appears on the cover of LIFE Magazine. The story inside, “Jackie Robinson’s Double Play,” focuses not on his baseball career but on the filming of the soon-to-be-released “Jackie Robinson Story,” starring Robinson as himself.
1
7
20
773
Join us at the Jackie Robinson Museum on Monday, January 20, 2025 for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Learn about the friendship and collaboration between King and Robinson through tours, activities and more. Link below for tickets. tr.ee/s8zzoN27A7
0:05
3
14
29
1,677
Join us TONIGHT from 7pm – 8pm ET as we host a Q & A session to help answer questions that you may have about the official application for the Jackie Robinson Foundation scholarship. Link below to join. us06web.zoom.us/j/8419890604…
1
7
891
Have questions about the JRF Scholarship application? Good news– Foundation staff will be on hand for a drop-in Q & A session to help answer those questions. The next session is Wednesday, December 18, 2024 from 7pm – 8pm ET. Link below to join. us06web.zoom.us/j/8419890604…
2
9
806
Wishing you and those you love a beautiful Thanksgiving. #JackieRobinsonFoudnation #JackieRobinsonMuseum
1
1
18
890
Attention: Students, families, & educators! Working on a Jackie Robinson research project ? Get started with videos, FAQs, links to research collections, and a special Q&A series with Sharon Robinson—Jackie and Rachel's daughter. Link for details. jackierobinsonmuseum.org/lea…
3
11
744
📣 Last Day to Apply Applications due TODAY at 5:00 PM ET. Emerging educators and museum professionals, join the Museum’s Education Department as an intern this spring to support school and public programming. Link in bio for details.
4
4
554
📣 Last Day to Apply Applications due TODAY at 5:00 PM ET. Emerging educators and museum professionals, join the Museum’s Education Department as an intern this spring to support school and public programming. Link below for details. ow.ly/KnFN50U2B8H
337
Expand the wonders of  your classroom by visiting the Jackie Robinson Museum. Link below for more details. ow.ly/QSz550U2A4U
0:05
2
5
784
You’re invited to Harlem Community Day at the Jackie Robinson Museum on Saturday, December 7th for a fun-filled afternoon for all ages. Celebrate Jackie Robinson’s decades-long engagement in Harlem! Info available via link below. ow.ly/zN3P50U2
0:05
2
6
933
As the World Series between @Dodgers and @Yankees returns to New York, we reflect on Jackie’s captivating performances over the years in a blog post available the link below. ow.ly/Y1Uh50TUMoO
0:21
1
2
16
597
The Jackie Robinson Foundation appreciates @CapitalOne for their incredible support of our brilliant and talented scholars. Oh what a night!
2
18
2,034
Visit the Jackie Robinson Museum as we expand hours in celebration of the Historic World Series rivalry between the @Dodgers and @Yankees. Link below for tickets. jackierobinsonmuseum.org/vis…
1
6
17
677
Jackie’s Legacy, Your Leadership Explore Jackie Robinson’s core leadership traits and how he used them on and off the baseball field in this interactive, Museum Educator-led program. Link below for details. ow.ly/yFVb50TNh9Y
3
5
549
History in the Making Right Now in NYC and at the Jackie Robinson Museum: The Jackie Robinson Rotunda and its exterior facade at the Mets Citi Field is an homage to the Brooklyn Dodgers historic home. Visit the Jackie Robinson Museum & see a model replica of Ebbets Field.
4
24
1,047
Jackie’s Legacy, Your Leadership Explore Jackie Robinson’s core leadership traits and how he used them on and off the baseball field in this interactive, Museum Educator-led program. Link below for details. ow.ly/yFVb50TNh9Y
1
6
559
#OnThisDay October 16, 1968— At the Olympics in Mexico City, Sprinters Tommie Smith & John Carlos, Gold and Bronze medal winners in the 200 meters stand in their spots on top of the podium with their fists raised in a Black Power salute as the United States national anthem plays
1
6
23
1,654
#OnThisDay October 15, 1972–Jackie Robinson throws out the first pitch before Game Two of the World Series between the Oakland A’s and Cincinnati Reds at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati.
0:59
11
20
2,967
Meet author @Nathalie_Writes and Illustrator Rudy Gutierrez who will discuss their book “Call Me Roberto!” Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos, at the Jackie Robinson Museum on Sunday, October 13 from 1:00-2:30. Tickets via link ow.ly/oAii50TCmvQ
2:03
1
5
5
702
Load more