Summary: Roberto Clemente was more than an exceptional baseball player. He was also a committed humanitarian who challenged racial discrimination and worked for social justice. New York Yankees pitcher LaTroy Hawkins discusses the legacy of baseball's first Latino superstar. http://www.pbs.org/amex/clemente Voices: Robert Ruck, historian LaTroy Hawkins, baseball player David Maraniss, biographer Juan Gonzalez, writer Al Oliver, teammate of Roberto Clemente Miles Neff, podcast narration Produced by: Ravi Jain Director of New Media: Maria Daniels American Experience is produced by WGBH Boston. Major funding for American Experience is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Major corporate funding is provided by Liberty Mutual. Additional funding is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and by public television viewers.
