Jackie Robinson (2016)
| First Air Date: | 2016, April 11 |
| Last Air Date: | 2016, April 12 |
| Status: | Ended |
| Seasons: | 1 |
| Episodes: | 2 |
| Episode Runtime: | 120 min |
| Countries: | United States of America |
| Production: | Florentine Films |
| Cast: | Keith David, Jamie Foxx, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Harry Belafonte, David Robinson, Vin Scully, Tom Brokaw, Willie Mays, Carly Simon, Howard Bryant, Gerald Early |
Overview:
Jack Roosevelt Robinson rose from humble origins to cross baseball’s color line and become one of the most beloved men in America. A fierce integrationist, Robinson used his immense fame to speak out against the discrimination he saw on and off the field, angering fans, the press, and even teammates who had once celebrated him for “turning the other cheek.” After baseball, he was a widely-read newspaper columnist, divisive political activist and tireless advocate for civil rights, who later struggled to remain relevant as diabetes crippled his body and a new generation of leaders set a more militant course for the civil rights movement.