This is promising for the region considering that a CGMA research last year also highlighted that one in three finance professionals around the world have faced pressure to act unethically, said a media statement.
Lead Story. Jackie Robinson breaks color barrier. On this day in 1947, Jackie Robinson, age 28, becomes the first African-American player in Major League Baseball when he steps onto Ebbets Field in Brooklyn to compete for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Robinson broke the color barrier in a sport that had been segregated for more than 50 years.
Sammy Drake of the Chicago Cubs plays his first major league game making the Drakes the first black brothers (Solly appeared with the Chicago Cubs on April 17, 1956) to play in the modern major leagues. 1962. Jackie Robinson is the first black player enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.