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Ken Burns UNUM

UNUM Short: Baseball

Season 2022 Episode 6 | 4m 06s

In 1947, a young student at Morehouse College named Martin Luther King, Jr. watched as Jackie Robinson broke the color line in major league baseball. In this UNUM Short, Ken Burns considers baseball's role in pulling us forward.

Aired: 12/05/22
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