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

A Long Way from Home: The Untold Story of Baseball's Desegregation
2018-02-18
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Released

Overview

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.



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James 'Mudcat' Grant

James 'Mudcat'

James "Mudcat" Grant
Grover 'Deacon' Jones

Grover 'Deacon'

Grover "Deacon" Jones
Jimmy Wynn

Jimmy Wynn

Jimmy Wynn
J.R. Richard

J.R. Richard

J.R. Richard
Tony Pérez

Tony Pérez

Tony Pérez
Orlando Cepeda

Orlando Cepeda

Orlando Cepeda

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