After 14 years, the museum to honor the man who broke baseball's color barrier, Jackie Robinson, has opened in Manhattan. abc15
Rachel Robinson watched the half-hour outdoor ceremony from a wheelchair in the 80-degree heat, then cut a ribbon to cap a project launched in 2008.
Her 72-year-old daughter, Sharon, also watched from a wheelchair and 70-year-old son David spoke to the crowd of about 200 sitting on folding chairs arrayed on a closed-off section of the major New York thoroughfare where the museum is located. During his MLB career, Jackie Robinson was crowned the National League batting champion in 1949, was a seven-time All-Star, and won the World Series in 1955.Initially, the museum was slated to open in 2010 and cost $25 million, but the Great Recession delayed it.
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