American Experience: Roberto Clemente (1 x 60, HD) Roberto Clemente was not the first Latino to play in the
majors, but he was the first Latino star to have
a clear and lasting impact on the game of baseball.
As an outspoken and at times controversial player,
he helped to shatter stereotypes about Latinos
and paved the way for the next generation of Latin
American and Caribbean ballplayers. In an era before press handlers and super-agents, Clemente was a bona fide humanitarian
and activist. “If you have the chance to
make things better for people coming behind you,
and you don’t,” he famously said,
“You are wasting your time on Earth.”
Winner of the 2008 NCLR ALMA Award for Outstanding Made for Television Documentary
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