The League

If you are a serious fan of baseball history, you may have read "Only the Ball Was White", an in-depth account of the Negro Leagues which flourished in the first half of the last century and where some of the greatest men who were ever in baseball played. Although the book has many good photos, this documentary has a good quantity of rarely seen live-action film.

This documentary is a must-watch, with photos and film of the Negro Leagues, along with excellent commentators including Maya Angelou.

Players like Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson and many others were the equals or betters of many of the top white players of the time, but thanks to the inexcusable bigotry of many white players, team owners and MLB officials were excluded from major league baseball until Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947.

Very highly recomended to all baseball fans!