Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big-league baseball debut and the U.S. Army’s retaking ...

Jim Becker, a long time journalist who had spent more than 40 years in journalism including a role as a national reporter for ...

Facing racism and discrimination everywhere, Robinson refused to give in, defying Jim Crow segregation in Pasadena and, as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army, standing up for his rights when ...

A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball ...

"Jackie Robinson's impact was greater than just that ... He had the guts to say no when ordered to the back of the bus in the army, and was court-martialed for his courage. His instinct wasn ...

Jackie Robinson was an exceptional athlete ... Robinson was drafted and served in the Army. Robinson was stationed in Fort Hood, Texas for a bit, and in 2016 the base named its softball field ...

Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson's big-league baseball debut and the U.S. Army's retaking of Seoul during the Korean War, died Friday. He was 98.

Jim Becker, a former Associated Press journalist, holds a book showing a 1945 photo of him as a Stars and Stripes correspondent in Shanghai, at his home in Kaneohe, Hawaii, May 21, 2024. (AP Photo ...