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Title:

Long time coming : a 1955 baseball story / Common Pictures presents ; a Strong Films production ; produced by Ted Haddock, John King and Tighe Arnold ; directed by Jon Strong.

Publisher:

Gravitas Ventures,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Little League baseball--United States--History.
Racism in sports--United States--History.
African American baseball players--History.
Discrimination in sports--United States--History.
United States--Race relations--20th century.
Sports films.
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Strong, Jon, film director.
Haddock, Ted, film producer.
King, John, film producer.
Arnold, Tighe, film producer.
Aaron, Hank, 1934- on-screen participant.
Young, Andrew, 1932- on-screen participant.
Ripken, Cal, Jr., 1960- on-screen participant.
Sheffield, Gary, on-screen participant.

Notes:

Title from disc surface. Originally produced in 2017. Wide screen. Hank Aaron, Andrew Young, Cal Ripken, Jr., Gary Sheffield.

Summary:

In 1955, when racial segregation defined the South, two groups of twelve-year-old boys stepped onto a baseball field in a non-violent act of cultural defiance that would change the course of history.

UPC:

812034033592

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)