American Experience

Roberto Clemente

Born in Puerto Rico, Clemente was an exceptional baseball player and humanitarian whose career sheds light on larger issues of immigration, civil rights and cultural change. He would die in a tragic plane crash in 1972.

Roberto Clemente

52m 21s

Born in Puerto Rico, Clemente was an exceptional baseball player and humanitarian whose career sheds light on larger issues of immigration, civil rights and cultural change. He would die in a tragic plane crash in 1972.

Previews + Extras

  • Roberto Clemente Preview: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Roberto Clemente Preview

    S20 E7 - 30s

    Born in Puerto Rico, Clemente was an exceptional baseball player and humanitarian whose career sheds light on larger issues of immigration, civil rights and cultural change. He would die in a tragic plane crash.

  • Chapter 1 | Roberto Clemente: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Chapter 1 | Roberto Clemente

    S20 E7 - 10m 58s

    Roberto Clemente is an in-depth look at an exceptional baseball player and committed humanitarian who challenged racial discrimination to become baseball’s first Latino superstar.

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