After Jackie
TV14
Special
Documentary
The story of the second wave of talented Black baseball players after Jackie Robinson.
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Matt Roush says...
This year marks the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s ascension to baseball’s major leagues, shattering the sport’s long history of racial segregation. The illuminating documentary After Jackie follows the fates of three players who followed Robinson into the game — Curt Flood, Bill White and pitching ace Bob Gibson — spending their glory days in the late 1950s and ’60s on the St. Louis Cardinals. As they achieved fame on the diamond during America’s Civil Rights movement, they soon learned that integration didn’t always mean equal treatment, and each faced their own battles against prejudice.
