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

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41mDocumentary

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.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 cou... Read more

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

Watch "A Long Way from Home: The Untold Story of Baseball's Desegregation" from streaming services Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Kanopy and several more released in 2018. It's a documentary movie, and has a rating of 6.9 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.