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Birmingham to host annual Jackie Robinson Day celebration this weekend

By Ashlee Winborne

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The Negro Southern League Museum is set to celebrate one of the greatest to ever play the game.

Jackie Robinson Day will be celebrated April 19 in Birmingham and will feature live music, food, vendors and, of course, baseball.

Robinson, a four-sport athlete out of Pasadena, Calif., broke racial barriers when he became the first Black athlete to play for a Major League Baseball team.

FILE - This March 4, 1946, file photo shows Jackie Robinson of the Montreal Royals baseball team, in Sanford, Fla. All players, managers, coaches and umpires will wear No. 42 on Thursday, April 15, 2021, to celebrate Jackie Robinson Day, marking the anniversary of the date the Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Famer made his Major League Baseball debut and broke the sport's color barrier in 1947. (AP Photo/Bill Chaplis, File) (Bill Chaplis/AP)

Jackie Robinson Day, celebrated annually in the MLB on April 15, commemorates the day in 1947 when Robinson made his debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Locally, Jackie Robinson Day will feature live musical performances by the Birmingham Youth and Young Adult Fellowship Choir, Tracy’s Sensational Seniors, Freestyle Percussion Foundation, GAPLO, Shaheed and DJ Supreme.

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Registration is now open for the Papa Jack Youth Baseball Camp.

Jackie Robinson Day was held at the Negro Southern League Museum. (WBRC)

The camp is open for children from four to 10 years old and is free to register.

Birmingham’s Jackie Robinson Day celebration will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on April 18 at the Negro Southern League Museum.

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