Gee's Bend

Written By Ed Schmidt. On a spring day in 1947, Mr. Rickey, the powerful General Manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, summons heavyweight champion Joe Louis, tap star Bill "Bojangles" Robinson and actor Paul Robeson to his hotel room in Manhattan. Rickey wants their support when he introduces Jackie Robinson to be Major League’s first black ballplayer. But a power struggle ensues when eloquent Robeson raises questions about Rickey’s motivations to integrate white baseball.