The People of Freedom (Italian: Il Popolo della Libertà, PdL) is a centre-right political party in Italy. With the Democratic Party, it is one of the two major parties of the current Italian party system.

The party was launched by Silvio Berlusconi on 18 November 2007 and officially founded in a party congress on 27–29 March 2009, when Forza Italia and National Alliance were merged together. Apart from Berlusconi, the PdL is led by a secretary, Angelino Alfano, and three coordinators, Sandro Bondi, Ignazio La Russa and Denis Verdini. Its leading members include Giulio Tremonti, Roberto Formigoni, Franco Frattini, Maurizio Sacconi, Gianni Alemanno, Mariastella Gelmini and Giancarlo Galan.

In coalition with Lega Nord, the party formed Italy's government from May 2008 to November 2011.

Following the run-up to the 2006 general election there had been talk among the component parties of the House of Freedoms regarding a possible merger into a "united party of moderates and reformers". Forza Italia (FI), National Alliance (AN) and the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (UDC) all seemed interested in the project. Soon after the election, however, UDC leader Pier Ferdinando Casini, who had already been a reluctant coalition partner, started to distance his party from its historical allies. Another party of the coalition, Lega Nord, showed no interest in the idea, because of its character of regional party.

Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American baseball player who became the first black Major League Baseball (MLB) player of the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. As the first black man to play in the major leagues since the 1880s, he was instrumental in bringing an end to racial segregation in professional baseball, which had relegated black players to the Negro leagues for six decades. The example of his character and unquestionable talent challenged the traditional basis of segregation, which then marked many other aspects of American life, and contributed significantly to the Civil Rights Movement.

In addition to his cultural impact, Robinson had an exceptional baseball career. Over ten seasons, he played in six World Series and contributed to the Dodgers' 1955 World Championship. He was selected for six consecutive All-Star Games from 1949 to 1954, was the recipient of the inaugural MLB Rookie of the Year Award in 1947, and won the National League Most Valuable Player Award in 1949—the first black player so honored. Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. In 1997, Major League Baseball retired his uniform number, 42, across all major league teams.