JANUARY 26, #onthisday in 1957 (60 years ago): American baseball player Jackie Robinson (1919 - 1972) gestures as he delivers a speech to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, January 26, 1957. This image is heavily retouched. (Photo by Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty Images). @gettyimagesarchive More photos at http://www.projectgado.org/depthoffield

APRIL 21, #onthisday in 1945 (71 years ago): View of American baseball player Jackie Robinson (1919 - 1972), dressed in a military uniform, as he run with his rifle, April 21, 1945. This image is heavily retouched. (Photo by Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty Images). @gettyimagesarchive More photos at http://www.projectgado.org/depthoffield

APRIL 1, #onthisday in 1948 (68 years ago): American baseball player Jackie Robinson (1919 - 1972) (left), of the Brooklyn Dodgers, stretches for first base but is called 'out' by the umpire during a game, April 1948. (Photo by Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty Images). @gettyimagesarchive More photos at http://www.projectgado.org/depthoffield