Rachel Annetta Robinson (née Isum; born July 19, 1922) is an American former professor and registered nurse.

[1] She worked as a researcher and clinician at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine's Department of Social and Community Psychiatry, a position she held for five years.

In 1973, she founded the Jackie Robinson Foundation, a not-for-profit organization providing educational and leadership opportunities for minority students.

[8] In 2017, she received the Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

[citation needed] Its motto is "JRF has provided college and graduate school scholarships as well as leadership development opportunities for highly motivated students of color with limited financial resources."