New Doc Highlights the Influence of Negro League Baseball
Season 2023
Episode 6017
About the Episode
When major league baseball banned African American athletes at the end of the 19th century, Black players created their own league. Its success and popularity is the focus of the new documentary "The League." Its acclaimed director, Sam Pollard, speaks with Walter Isaacson about how these players changed the game – and transformed the country.
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