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)

N/A 41 min Movie
Documentary

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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Cast

James 'Mudcat' Grant James 'Mudcat' Grant James "Mudcat" Grant
Grover 'Deacon' Jones Grover 'Deacon' Jones 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
Enos Cabell Enos Cabell Enos Cabell
Octavio “Cookie” Rojas Octavio “Cookie” Rojas Octavio “Cookie” Rojas
Orlando Peña Orlando Peña Orlando Peña
Bobby Tolan Bobby Tolan Bobby Tolan

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