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

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

41 mins | Feb. 18, 2018

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.

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

41 mins | Feb. 18, 2018

A Long Way from Home: The Untold Story of Baseball's Desegregation
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.
Producers Hammer and Nail Productions
Original title A Long Way from Home: The Untold Story of Baseball's Desegregation
Directors Gaspar González
Writers

Cast

James "Mudcat" Grant

as James "Mudcat" Grant

Grover "Deacon" Jones

as Grover "Deacon" Jones

Jimmy Wynn

as Jimmy Wynn

J.R. Richard

as J.R. Richard

Tony Pérez

as Tony Pérez

Enos Cabell

as Enos Cabell

Octavio “Cookie” Rojas

as Octavio “Cookie” Rojas

Orlando Peña

as Orlando Peña

Bobby Tolan

as Bobby Tolan