A Long Way from Home: The Untold Story of Baseball's Desegregation

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2018 / 41min.

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Documentary

Synopsis

Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color line in 1947, but it took another generation of Black and Latino players to make the sport truly open to all. Playing in remote minor-league towns, these were the men who, before they could live their big-league dreams, first had to beat Jim Crow.

Directors

Actors

James 'Mudcat' Grant

Grover 'Deacon' Jones

Jimmy Wynn

J.R. Richard

Tony Pérez

Orlando Cepeda

Enos Cabell

Octavio “Cookie” Rojas

Orlando Peña

Bobby Tolan

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