Lines Broken: The Story of Marion Motley

Sun, Feb 1 11:30 P.M. NH World (11.3)  

In 1946, Marion Motley was one of four African American men to break pro football's color barrier when he joined the Cleveland Browns. Those men's efforts to play a physically brutal game in the face of societal racism and state-sanctioned Jim Crow laws trailblazed a path for Black athletes in the highest echelons of professional sports, including baseball's Jackie Robinson. LINES BROKEN: THE STORY OF MARION MOTLEY tells a story of adversity, personal tragedy and triumphs using rarely heard archival interviews and new interviews with historians, sports writers, NFL alumni, friends and descendants.

Duration: 26 minutes and 51 seconds

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Sun, Feb 1	11:30 P.M.	Lines Broken: The Story of Marion Motley     NH World (11.3)
Mon, Feb 2	3:30 A.M.	Lines Broken: The Story of Marion Motley     NH World (11.3)
Mon, Feb 2	11:30 A.M.	Lines Broken: The Story of Marion Motley     NH World (11.3)

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