Only the ball was white

Looks back at the time when major U.S. baseball leagues refused to hire Black athletes. Using archival footage, photographs, and interviews with former athletes, narrator Paul Winfield recounts the number of unrecognized athletes, some of whom, such as Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella, were later hired by the leagues.

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"History of Black baseball"@en
"Heroes of the Negro leagues"@en

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"Looks back at the time when major U.S. baseball leagues refused to hire Black athletes. Using archival footage, photographs, and interviews with former athletes, narrator Paul Winfield recounts the number of unrecognized athletes, some of whom, such as Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella, were later hired by the leagues."@en
"Pays tribute to the many topflight players from the Negro Leagues in baseball when players were denied stardom by the color line."@en
"Vintage photographs, historic film clips, and colorful interviews document a bygone era in the Negro baseball leagues and the men who were denied stardom by the color line."@en
"Pays tribute to the many top-flight baseball players from the Negro Leagues. Documents a bygone bittersweet era in baseball and the men who were denied stardom by the color line."@en
"Traces the history of the Negro Leagues through photographs, film footage and interviews with the ball players. Discusses the era when major U.S. baseball leagues refused to hire Black athletes. Narrator, Paul Winfield recounts the number of unrecognized athletes, some of whom, such as Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella, were later hired by the leagues."@en
"Narrator Paul Winfield examines the players and teams of the Negro Leagues and their contribution to the sport prior to the 1950s. Includes interviews with Satchel Paige, Roy Campanella, Buck Leonard, Jimmy Crutchfield, David Malarcher, Effa Manley, and Quincy Trouppe."@en
""The Negro baseball leagues, which flourished from the 1920s to the '40s, are recalled by Roy Campanella, Satchel Paige"--TV guide."@en
"Traces the history of the Negro Leagues through photographs, film footage and interviews with the ball players. Those interviewed include Don Newcombe, Satchel Paige, Dave Melarcher, Buck Leonard, Jimmy Crutchfield, Roy Campanella and Quincy Trouppe."@en