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Roberto Clemente

Season 20 Episode 7 | 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.

Aired: 12/13/12 | Expires: 10/19/24
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