1950 Jackie Robinson: Black African American Baseball Histor

2007-10-02 3,431

Trailer: Jackie Robinson plays himself in this biographical film that follows the path of the baseball legend from his experiences as a young boy through his baseball career with the Brooklyn Dodgers. The film follows Jackie through college at UCLA, where he excelled in many sports, and briefly touches on Jackie’s military career. The movie portrays Jackie’s meeting with Dodger’s manager Branch Rickey, who gave him his shot as a professional baseball player. The scenes show the discrimination Jackie experienced as the first African American professional baseball player. See the full length video at: www.qualityinformationpublishers.com