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The United Nation's High Commissioner for Human rights, Mary Robinson, and former president of Ireland. She'll discuss the murders last week of three UN human rights workers in West Timor.

Robert talks with Frank Phillips, reporter for the Boston Globe, about Jack E. Robinson, who is running on the Republican ticket against Senator Edward Kennedy. Robinson is so controversial that not even his own party is supporting him.

In 1954, a square-looking country singer from the suburbs of Philadelphia named Bill Haley recorded the song that became a countdown to a new musical era.

Smokey Robinson wrote "My Girl," recorded in 1964 by The Temptations, for Temptation David Ruffin to sing, knowing he'd be launching a new star.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past week's news, including Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich (R-Ga); President Bill Clinton at the 50th anniversary celebrations in honor of baseball player Jackie Robinson, and golfer Tiger Woods on winning the Masters tournament.

Robert talks with Larry Dale, the mayor of Sanford, Florida. In 1946, the town of Sanford kicked baseball player Jackie Robinson off a baseball field there. Now, the town wants to apologize to Robinson's family and to his former ball club, the Brooklyn Dodgers.

marked the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking baseball's color barrier at a ball game Shea Stadium in New York last night. After courting racial controversy last term with his stands on welfare and affirmative action policy, the President is plans to devote more of his energy to race relations. He will unveil a major initiative next month...it will bring about no new government programs but will focus on encouraging dialog.

50 years ago this month Jackie Robinson became the first black man to play major league baseball, after signing a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers. All Things Considered asked listeners to write and talk about their memories of Robinson. Today, on Opening Day, ATC listeners around the country remember watching Robinson play at Ebbits Field in Brooklyn, how his aggressive play intensified the game, and what his presence on the team meant to them.

Scott with a tribute to Satchel Paige. He was the shining light of the segregated Negro Leagues. But when major league baseball finally integrated, 50 years ago, Satchel Paige was not the one to do it. Instead, the Hall of Famer joined the major leagues years after Jackie Robinson as an old man, well past his prime, but still a legend.

Even the seriously UNDER- appreciated Presidents are remembered somewhere in stone. On this Presidents' Day, we guide listeners to memorials & markers across the land for Martin Van Buren, Franklin Pierce, Rutherford B Hayes, John Tyler, James Buchanan, William Henry Harrison, James K. Polk, Chester A. Arthur, Gerald Ford, William Howard Taft and the forgotten Samuel Huntington -- who served as President between the Revolutionary War and the constitution's establishment. We also hear from Bart Simpson and the group "They Might Be Giants." (12:30) ((ST