{"id":464905,"date":"2022-06-18T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-18T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/reliving-black-baseball-history-in-after-jackie\/"},"modified":"2022-06-18T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-18T13:00:00","slug":"reliving-black-baseball-history-in-after-jackie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/reliving-black-baseball-history-in-after-jackie\/","title":{"rendered":"#Reliving Black Baseball History in &#8216;After Jackie&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a30a35ce0f72\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a30a35ce0f72\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/reliving-black-baseball-history-in-after-jackie\/#%E2%80%9CReliving_Black_Baseball_History_in_%E2%80%98After_Jackie%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Reliving Black Baseball History in &#8216;After Jackie&#8217;&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1>&#8220;Reliving Black Baseball History in &#8216;After Jackie'&#8221;<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/bill-white-curt-flood-bob-gibson.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div> Seventy-five years after he shattered baseball\u2019s history of racial segregation, Jackie Robinson is being rightfully celebrated for his tenacity and activism. But what about those Black superstars who soon followed in his large shadow?<\/p>\n<p>The illuminating History Channel documentary <em>After Jackie<\/em> (executive produced by LeBron James) focuses on three players who spent their glory years in the late 1950s and \u201960s with the St. Louis Cardinals\u2014Bill White (above, left), Curt Flood (above, center), and pitching ace Bob Gibson (above, right)\u2014helping take the team to the World <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Series<\/a> and a title win.<\/p>\n<p>As they discovered while finding fame on the diamond during America\u2019s civil-rights movement, integration didn\u2019t necessarily mean equal treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Each fought back against prejudice on and off the playing field: segregated housing during spring training in Florida, a racist manager (later fired) who felt Gibson and Flood weren\u2019t smart enough to be in the starting lineup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was tough for me to realize that I was working for somebody that didn\u2019t like me because I was Black,\u201d Gibson recalls in one of his last interviews before passing away in October 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Flood made perhaps the greatest contribution to changing the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> when he sued MLB over the reserve clause denying players control over their careers.<\/p>\n<p>He lost at the Supreme Court\u2014\u201dThe people that are first are probably the ones that get castigated the most,\u201d he later reflected\u2014but the case inspired the push toward free agency and the passage of the anti-trust Curt Flood Act of 1998. White also made his mark after retiring from the sport as a pioneering Black sportscaster and later as President of the National League.<\/p>\n<p>These profiles of courage deserve their place in American and sports history.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>After Jackie<\/strong><\/em><strong>, Documentary Premiere, Saturday, June 18, 8\/7c, History Channel<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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