Pomp and His Circumstances
Special | 58m 43sVideo has Closed Captions
Join Adrian Burgos and learn the story of Alex Pompez, a Negro League baseball owner.
Adrian Burgos, a professor in the Department of History at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, shares the story of Alejandro Pompez, an Afro-Cuban American. The story of Alex Pompez illustrates how the story of Jim Crow and baseball integration are incomplete without a discussion of Latin America and of Latinos' long participation in U.S. professional baseball.
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University Place is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin
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Pomp and His Circumstances
Special | 58m 43sVideo has Closed Captions
Adrian Burgos, a professor in the Department of History at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, shares the story of Alejandro Pompez, an Afro-Cuban American. The story of Alex Pompez illustrates how the story of Jim Crow and baseball integration are incomplete without a discussion of Latin America and of Latinos' long participation in U.S. professional baseball.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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