Documentary · Single Program

LINES BROKEN: THE STORY OF MARION MOTLEY

TV-PG · 1 × 30 min

Producer: WNEO / PBS Western Reserve

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.

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WNEO / PBS Western Reserve

Episodes/Length

1 / 30

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TV-PG

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For General audience

05/03/2022 to 07/01/2022

Available in US, US Territories, Canada

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05/03/2022 to 05/02/2028

Available in US, US Territories, Canada

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