Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting - Ed Schmidt

Category: Plays & Theater
Language: English
Keywords: Plays Theatre
Written by Ed Schmidt
Read by L.A. Theatre Works
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Listening Length: 1 hour and 35 minutes

On a spring day in 1947, Mr. Rickey, the powerful General Manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, summons heavyweight champion Joe Louis, tap star Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, and actor Paul Robeson to his hotel room in Manhattan. Rickey wants their support when he taps Jackie Robinson to be the Major League’s first black ballplayer. But a power struggle ensues when the eloquent Robeson raises questions about Rickey’s motivations to integrate white baseball.