The Road to Integration
Bob Kendrick takes an in-depth look at the history of baseball's segregation, and the forces who paved the way for Jackie Robinson to break the color barrier.
Black Diamonds · Bob Kendrick, Darnea Samuels, Lester Rodney, Sam Lacy, Happy Chandler, Bill Veeck, Monte Irvin, Shirley Povich, Calvin Griffith
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Bob Kendrick takes an in-depth look at the history of baseball's segregation, and the forces who paved the way for Jackie Robinson to break the color barrier.
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Interviews with Bill Veeck, Happy Chandler, Shirley Povich, Monte Irvin, and Calvin Griffith courtesy of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, at the University of Kentucky. For more information, visit https://www.kentuckyoralhistory.org
Interview with Sam Lacy courtesy of the SABR Oral History Collection - https://sabr.org/
Lester Rodney selections from “Crime of the Big Leagues” produced by Tomorrow Media and Rough House
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