6pm August 26, 2025
at Sugaw Creek Recreation Center

Address: 943 W Sugar Creek Rd, Charlotte, NC 28213
Time: 6pm – 8pm
Register Online Here

Join IPH at Sugaw Creek Rec Center for a free community screening of A Long Way from Home: The Untold Story of Baseball’s Desegregation (2018).

This documentary “chronicles the struggles and triumphs of the African-American and Latino players who followed Jackie Robinson into white professional baseball. Playing their minor-league ball in small, remote towns where racial segregation remained a fact of life well into the 1960s, these were the men who, before they could live their big-league dreams, first had to beat Jim Crow. Featuring original, revealing interviews with James “Mudcat” Grant, Grover “Deacon” Jones, Jimmy Wynn, J.R. Richard, Tony Pérez, and Orlando Cepeda, among others.”

A talkback will follow the screening. 

This program is free and open to the public. Please register in advance.

This program is sponsored by Culture Blocks— a community partnership between ASC, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library and Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation to bring arts and cultural experiences closer to where residents live.