this is a the premiere of the jackie robinson story. we've got the borough president cashmore and robinson raise the dodgers national league flag over a marquis of the astra theater again, you know, here we have this problem black man 1950. this is you know, three years. four years after making history and he's living a life. you know, he's uh, you look at him striking very striking. figure mary has he and rachel make the great handsome couple rachel still looks like that by the way, yeah, you know, just we don't have to go into detail, but you know who had the movie with jackie played himself? either of you remember this and just remember the reaction to it again at that point. he's on top. yes. yes, it was written. you know in the opening sequence jackie is doesn't have a glove and he sees a white family playing and say a mr. can i join you and it's sort of like the white father presence who takes jackie in there's so much in that film. that is good and the best part is jackie and ruby dee as as his wife rachel, but there's also there'

>> really it was in many ways what the players and jackie robinson did after baseball that jackie robinsonhat curt flood, one of the st. louis cardinals, sued for free agency and changed not only baseball but changed all sports in america. >> so cool. thank you so much for being with us this morning, stanley. "after jackie" premieres tonight 8:00 p.m. eastern on the history channel. eva, over to you. >>> i'm so excited, guys. time to take off, destination "deals & steals." tory johnson here with savings on the go from small businesses. you can go right to those deals by pointing your cell phone at the qr code on the screen. tory, we are ready to get shopping. >> you are really ready. can we make sure we get a shot of you? look at my little supermodel with the bag. >> this is adorable. >> isn't it so good? it's from lulu dharma. croc embossed vegan leather. that really coordinates with you but you could go with any of these and still look stylish and fabulous. roomy enough for work or weekend or for a weekend getaway. hold it with the shoulder strap or handle straps. removable. this is fabu

he had the reason being is because ralph morse was jewish and jackie robinson was obviously black at a time when he was breaking through the color barrier and major league baseball. jackie was famously sort of suspicious of anyone who wanted to help him or be a part of his orbit. he kept a very tight-knit group with his friends and family if you've seen the movie 42, he obviously had distrust with like the white ownership the white coaches you name it. so this was for morris a really important thing for him and what actually allowed more to sort of get into jackie's orbit was jackie to great interest in the holocaust and so ralph was jewish and so that whole idea of being a part of two groups that were discriminated against that allowed them to sort of develop a bond. and so morse was the guy who was jackie robinson's personal biographer from a photography standpoint. i played baseball in college and so i was really excited to talk to ralph morris about this particular picture. this is one of hundreds of photos that exist from that moment where jackie robinson famously still home plat

major taylor was a superstar in the world yc ng barancords nearly half a century before jackie robinsonbs's elise preston. >> reporter: every push of these pedals is a tribute to marshall "major" taylor, who in 1899 became the first black american to win a sports world championship. >> he won against all odds during a time where he wasn't supposed to do that as a black man. >> reporter: born in indianapolis shortly after slavery's end, forced by racism to compete overseas, he became a cycling superstar. >> it's all these world records and no one had even heard of him. >> reporter: then in 1979, these biking buddies from ohio happened across taylor's story and dedicated their club to him. >> his spirit was one of inclusiveness. let's bring everyone together. >> reporter: now there are almost 90 clubs worldwide now name promoting cycling in communities of color. his hometown now honors him. the indiana state museum has one of taylor's only bikes on display.aini he wasn't even drawn like a human. >> right. he kept not only this type of material but different articles, one that talks about

superstar in the world of cycling and was breaking barriers and records nearly half a century before jackie robinsonre's cbs's elise preston. >> reporter: every push of these pedals is a tribute to marshall "major" taylor who in 1899 became the first black american to win a sports world championship. >> he won against all odds at during a time where he wasn't supposed to do that as ablock man. >> reporter: borne in indianapolis shortly before slavery's end, he became a cycling superstar but his legacy mostly died with him. >> it's all these world records and no one heard of him. >> reporter: in 1979 viking buddies from ohio happened across taylor's story and dedicated their club to him. >> his spirit was one of incliewfersness. let's bring everyone together. >> reporter: nearly 90 clubs worldwide now in his name. one of his only remaining bikes is on display in indianapolis. >> he wasn't even drawn like a human. >> right. he kept not only this type of material but different articles, one that talks about him being choked. >> reporter: this juneteenth weekend, hundreds road wearing his name. >> my go

breaking barriers half a century before jackie robinson. >> reporter: every push of the pedals is a tribute first black american to win a sports world championship. >> he went against all odds and during a time where he was not supposed to do that as a black man. >> reporter: born in indianapolis, shortly slavery's end, forced by racism to compete overseas, he became a cycling super star and his legacy, mostly died with the worldds ad no hrd ohim. >> reporter: then in 1979 these biking buddies happened across his story and dedicated their club to him. >> it's one of inclusiveness, bringing everything together. >> reporter: now there's 90 clubs worldwide in his name, promoting cycling in community ps of color. his hometown now honors him, and the museum has one of his only remaining bikes on display near signs of the hate he endured. >> he was not drawn like a human. >> right, right. >> reporter: he kept this type of material and different articles. one that talks about him being choked. >> reporter: this juneteenth weekend hundreds rode wearing his name. >> my goal was to get people togethe

it will be 75 years since jackie robinson made its debut in brooklyn come april.and we are still dealing with some of the same stuff. you know that. you were with it every day. >> the participation in major league baseball. it peaked in the 70s into the mid 80s. >> it was down to 6%, now it's come up to 8%. >> about half of where it was 40 years ago. >> it was almost 20% at that point. and part of it is just the way our society has changed and the kids want to play basketball, they want to play baseball, they don't want to play baseball as much. when i was a kid, we played in the school yard or the park every single day when the weather was warm and now you don't see that necessarily. now again, mlb, it hasn't done a great job and now they say the situation with coaches and general managers is unacceptable. okay. we had three black coaches in the nfl last year and now we have two plus someone who is biracial and identified as black. when it was already low, so for a long time since last month we only had one black coach in the nfl unit that was mike tomlin and he

their worlds carry meaning and so i think athletes have to follow the path of someone like a jackie robinsonmost underprivileged black person's free. >> had a huge impact, as well as what muhammad ali did, as well. professor moore, thank you for joining us. >> all right, thank you for having me. >>> now, be sure to tune in, the all-new cnn film "citizen ashe" premieres sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. and thank you so much for sticking with me. i'll be back friday night. stay tuned. the news continues here on cnn. i recommend nature made vitamins because i trust their quality. they were the first to be verified by usp... ...an independent organization that sets strict quality and purity standards. nature made. the number one pharmacist recommended vitamin and supplement brand. lemons. lemons, lemons, lemons. look how nice they are. the moment you become an expedia member, you can instantly start saving on your travels. so you can go and see all those, lovely, lemony, lemons. ♪ and never wonder if you got a good deal. because you did. ♪ >>> good evening. we begin tonight with a

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since jackie robinson made his debut in brooklyn. come april. and we're still dealing with some of the same stuff jay. i mean, you know that you you live with it every day and what i mean, look at black participation to major league baseball, right? i mean it peaked in the 70s into the mid 80s and it's outstanding it was down to six percent. it's now come back up to eight percent about half of where it was about 40 years ago. yeah. i was almost 20% at that point and part of it is just the way our society has changed, you know, the kids want to play basketball. they want to play baseball. they don't want to that football. they don't want to play baseball as much you don't see, you know, when i was a kid, we played in the schoolyard or in the park every single day when the weather was warm and now you don't necessarily see that when the weather's warm you see a lot of kids playing basketball. and but again mlb like has not done a great job then now they say everybody now says, you know steve quota roger. goodell is saying well that this situation

jackie, it will be 75 years since jackie robinson made his debut in brooklyn come april and we're still dealing with some of the same stuff. ja. you live with it every day. >> and participation in major league baseball, right? it's peaked into the '70s and mid 80 as. >> it was down to 6% and now up to 8%. >> half of where it was about 40 years ago. >> yeah, almost 20% at that point and part of it is just the way our society has changed, kids want to play basketball, and they want to play baseball-- football, they don't want to play baseball as much. when i was a kid, we played in the schoolyard or the park every single day when the weather was warm and now you don't necessarily see that. when the weather is warm, you see a lot of kid playing basketball. but again, mlb like -- has not done a great job and everybody, and saying, well the situation with coaches and general managers and quote, is unacceptable. we had three black coaches in the nfl last year. now we have two, plus someone who is biracial and identifies as black, so the number of black coaches has actually gone down. when it

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he said to me i want to be the jackie robinson of tennis. >> it suited me mentally.erendipity in a way. i would begin right there in the playground. ♪ i am fascinated by what people are. that one moment when their life changed completely. mine happened when i was 10 years old. on the courts next to my house in richmond, virginia, during an idle moment when the courts weren't being used and dr. johnson saw me during that moment. >> dr. johnson had been a physician. he built a tennis court in his backyard and started a junior development program for young black kids in the early '50s helping gibson to be terrific. >> if you were black and wanted to be good in tennis you had to go to dr. johnson. you get there and see the clay court in the yard. lights. this is our lich practice, practice, practice. hone the skills. that is called the junior development program. >> dr. johnson also made us read just about every tennis book there was and internalized the history of the sport. >> you playing a game that white guys dominated. it was so intimidating. >> when i would go out

black athletes move with a distinct grace and power, from jackie robinson to muhammad ali to aletheaveor. >> there's such a strong legacy of black athletes use the platform to educate, inform or agitate. >> this country stands for freedom, liberty, justice for all, and it's not happening for all right now. >> the reason why sports is sort of the perfect vehicle for black athletes to bring awareness to a lot of problems and the issues in our country is because sports is one of the few things we do together. >> we want these kids over here, these kids over here and all the kids in this city understand that this is something because we care about their future. >> we've seen the steady progression into how black athletes have navigated and moved. at first it was about, okay, just let us play. the next stapling is ownership, and not just ownership of teams, but ownership of you yourself as a brand because they not only want to own their brand, they want to own their story. we have to be willing to challenge the structures and the systems that have already been designed against us and crea

it's about jackie robinson's historic and heroic crossing of the major league baseball color line.e of the executive producers. "after jackie" premieres on saturday at 8:00 eastern and pacific on the history channel. george? >> thank you, sam. >>> time for the author behind our book club pick for june. katie gutierrez wrote "more than you'll ever know," a thriller about marriage, murder and motherhood. she sat down with kaylee hartung to talk about it. >> reporter: when one dance leads to a double life and a deadly love triangle, author katie gutierrez's debut novel pushes readers to question how far they'll go to feel alive. >> it's an exploration of marriage, motherhood, female agency and ambition and our cultural obsession with true crime. >> reporter: in "more than you'll ever know", lore is torn between life with her husband and children and the secret life she escapes to in mexico city with her lover andres. >> leading a double life sounds exhausting. >> uh-huh. >> what did you imagine made it worth it for her? >> i think what makes it so addictive for her, not only the love

i think that was jackie robinson's number. stuart: your input. >> i think he is absolutely right.as seeing that in england as a boy. i remember that very well. thanks, adam. >> always good to be here, stuart. stuart: don't forget to send in "friday feedback" questions, comments, critiques. we want it all. record the fan friday video. record your name and you're on tv. neil, i thought your interview with jared bernstein was groundbreaking, absolutely excellent. we used some of it on our show. neil: i don't know about that. you can't arrange numbers. you can go right, left, i probably got a little hot under my collar. but i am italian. stuart: you should see me every now and again. neil: i see it. but it is rare, it is rare but i wouldn't mess with you. stuart, thank you

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