A plaque honoring Jackie Robinson that was vandalized in Georgia will be displayed at Kansas City's Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.

The sign was erected in 2001 outside the birthplace of Robinson near Cairo, Georgia. It was discovered last year that someone had shot the plaque multiple times. Robinson broke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947 when he became the league's first Black player.

Curator and museum vice president Ray Doswell told the Kansas City Star that displaying the defaced marker is an opportunity to teach the public about Robinson's story and combat hate.