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American Experience

Roberto Clemente

American Experience, TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.

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Roberto Clemente

Season 20 Episode 7 | 52m 21s | CC

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.

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