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  • A Long Way from Home: The Untold Story of Baseball's Desegregation (2018)
  • TV Movie | 41 min | Documentary
A Long Way from Home: The Untold Story of Baseball's Desegregation (2018)
TV Movie | 41 min | Documentary

A Long Way from Home chronicles the struggles and triumphs of the African-American and Latino players who followed Jackie Robinson into white professional baseball. Playing their minor-league ball in small, remote towns where racial ...See moreA Long Way from Home chronicles the struggles and triumphs of the African-American and Latino players who followed Jackie Robinson into white professional baseball. Playing their minor-league ball in small, remote towns where racial segregation remained a fact of life well into the 1960s, these were the men who, before they could live their big-league dreams, first had to beat Jim Crow. Featuring original, revealing interviews with James "Mudcat" Grant, Grover "Deacon" Jones, Jimmy Wynn, J.R. Richard, Tony Pérez, and Orlando Cepeda, among others. See less
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Feb 18, 2018 (United States)
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