Jackie Robinson was born just outside the small town of Cairo, the child of sharecroppers struggling to make ends meet in the grinding poverty of the Jim Crow South.

Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia, on this day in history, Jan. 31, 1919. He broke baseball's color barrier in 1947, excelled in four sports at UCLA and served in U.S. Army in World War II.

She founded the Jackie Robinson Cairo Memorial Institute, pushed to get a 10-mile stretch of Georgia Highway 93 renamed after him, and, after she asked her family where exactly Robinson was born ...

CAIRO, Ga. (WALB) - The Jackie Robinson Boys and Girls Club will soon be getting a new facility in Downtown Cairo. The facility will nearly double its ability to serve kids in after-school and ...

The Jackie Robinson Boys & Girls Club of Cairo-Grady County needs more room to accommodate the children who want to take part in its programs.

CAIRO, GA (WALB) - April 1947 will always be remembered as the time when Jackie Robinson broke the racial barrier is the sports world.

The Jackie Robinson Boys & Girls Club of Cairo-Grady County recently received $850,000 as it seeks to expand to serve more South Georgia children.

The Birthplace of Jackie Robinson historical marker was erected in 2001 in Grady County, Georgia, by GHS and the Jackie Robinson Cairo Memorial Institute, Inc.

Born in 1919 in Cairo, Georgia, Jackie Robinson faced discrimination and segregation from a young age. His talent in baseball was evident early on, leading him to excel in college athletics before ...

The stolen Jackie Robinson statue continues to go from a tragedy to one of the most inspirational stories in sports. Maybe in all of the country.

Feb. 1—THOMASVILLE- Excitement was in the air on Wednesday, January 31, as the Jackie Robinson Boys and Girls Club of Cairo celebrated their namesake's 105th birthday and welcomed in rising ...