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

41m
Documentary
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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.

Cast

James 'Mudcat' Grant
James "Mudcat" Grant
Grover 'Deacon' Jones
Grover "Deacon" Jones
Jimmy Wynn
Jimmy Wynn
J.R. Richard
J.R. Richard
Tony Pérez
Tony Pérez
Orlando Cepeda
Orlando Cepeda
Enos Cabell
Enos Cabell
Octavio “Cookie” Rojas
Octavio “Cookie” Rojas
Orlando Peña
Orlando Peña
Bobby Tolan
Bobby Tolan

Crew

Gaspar González
Director

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