# The Rich History of Black Baseball
A classic film of its subject, There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues chronicles the rich history of Black baseball and examines the re-integration of the game. Narrated by James Earl Jones, this hour long documentary, produced by Refocus Digital Media, LLC, features interviews with baseball Hall of Famers Satchel Paige, James ‘Cool Papa’ Bell, Buck Leonard, Judy Johnson, Monte Irvin and Ray Dandridge.
Learn more about the Negro Baseball Leagues that flourished before Jackie Robinson integrated the major leagues in 1947. The struggles, achievements and exploits of these talented athletes and the times when baseball was a segregated sport are vividly brought to life in the film. There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace also contains rare historical footage showing the ballplayers as they traveled the backroads of America, the Caribbean, Mexico and Latin America.
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Watch and discuss There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues on Tuesday, February 25, from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Highlands Library. The screening will be followed by a group conversation led by Armand Rosamilia. Note: This program is made possible by a grant from the Mellon Foundation.
Armand Rosamilia is a full-time writer of crime thrillers, horror and nonfiction, including A View From My Seat: My Season With the Jumbo Shrimp. He lives in Jacksonville and loves baseball (maybe more than anything except for his wife and kids).
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