LibGuides: Black History: Sports: DVD, Websites, etc.

DVD

42: the Jackie Robinson Story by Brian Helgeland History was made in 1947, when Jackie Robinson broke the professional baseball race barrier to become the first African American MLB player of the modern era. 42 tells the life story of Robinson and his history-making signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers under the guidance of team executive Branch Rickey.
Call Number: DVD PN1997.F678 2013
Publication Date: 2013
Race by Stephen Hopkins Jesse Owens' quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history launches him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy.
Call Number: DVD PN1997 .R334 2016
Publication Date: 2016

Ken Burns: Jackie Robinson This two-part, four-hour series tells the story of an American icon whose life-long battle for first class citizenship for all African Americans transcends even his remarkable athletic achievements. “Jackie Robinson,” Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “was a sit-inner before sit-ins, a freedom rider before freedom rides.” Directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon.