Lines Broken: The Story of Marion Motley
Gifted football star Marion Motley was one of pro football’s first black players. In 1946, Motley was one of four African American men to break pro football’s color barrier when he joined the Cleveland Browns. This production tells the Ohio native’s story of adversity, personal tragedy and triumphs using rarely heard archival interviews and new interviews with historians, friends and descendants.
Similar Shows
Poster Image
![Women and the Vote: show-poster2x3](/sites/default/files/styles/230x346/public/pbs_media_manager_images/2024/04/18/228899-cDvgRND-show-poster2x3-4Xb6n8c.jpg?itok=NSOY8Yp-)
Women and the Vote
History
Poster Image
![Seeing, Searching, Being: William Segal: show-poster2x3](/sites/default/files/styles/230x346/public/pbs_media_manager_images/2024/01/03/1834-eefyKz3-show-poster2x3-CtmwbwJ.jpg?itok=EvAbmyO6)
Poster Image
![A People’s History of Asian America: show-poster2x3](/sites/default/files/styles/230x346/public/pbs_media_manager_images/2021/07/29/171055-iYEP2bD-show-poster2x3-vwA5wdW.png?itok=lTajsPy3)
Poster Image
![Finding Elizabeth's Soldiers: show-poster2x3](/sites/default/files/styles/230x346/public/pbs_media_manager_images/2024/04/16/265249-v6eJCXC-show-poster2x3-wUsAYuP.jpg?itok=_gPOkpdr)
Finding Elizabeth's Soldiers
History
Poster Image
![The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs: show-poster2x3](/sites/default/files/styles/230x346/public/pbs_media_manager_images/2024/04/18/266007-027o2s2-show-poster2x3-m8ULUcy.jpg?itok=DT2bVVEv)
Poster Image
![Kennedy Package: show-poster2x3](/sites/default/files/styles/230x346/public/pbs_media_manager_images/2024/03/04/262121-6WkYf0R-show-poster2x3-itrYTml.jpg?itok=XOQiSc_c)
Kennedy Package
History
Poster Image
![The Vietnam War: show-poster2x3](/sites/default/files/styles/230x346/public/pbs_media_manager_images/2024/04/17/4127-NaPtyV6-show-poster2x3-9P1g6qq.jpg?itok=BeN1EgTO)
The Vietnam War
History
Poster Image
![The White House: Inside Story: show-poster2x3](/sites/default/files/styles/230x346/public/pbs_media_manager_images/2024/06/24/3938-LTMBVA15IJ8Wrh1mjVlKA.jpg?itok=TgVtQGGW)
The White House: Inside Story
History
Poster Image
![The Queen in Her Own Words: show-poster2x3](/sites/default/files/styles/230x346/public/pbs_media_manager_images/2023/09/22/237696-EytLBax-show-poster2x3-hhlK1sX.jpg?itok=u7WX5rZV)
The Queen in Her Own Words
History
Poster Image
![Central Park Five: show-poster2x3](/sites/default/files/styles/230x346/public/pbs_media_manager_images/2022/10/03/3000-jhzbCwX-show-poster2x3-DRhAB7Z.jpg?itok=JP5BPuGp)
Central Park Five
History
WETA Passport
Stream tens of thousands of hours of your PBS and local favorites with WETA Passport whenever and wherever you want. Catch up on a single episode or binge-watch full seasons before they air on TV.