MAMRH - Mount Airy Museum of Regional History

The Mount Airy Museum of Regional History presents the second program in a sports related series of History Talks: Mike Wiley in “A Game Apart – A glimpse into the life of Jackie Robinson” on Saturday March 7 at 2pm.   This sports History Talks series will be held on Saturdays during the Smithsonian exhibition of Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America. 

A Game Apart provides a glimpse of Jackie Robinson’s life during a bygone era of separate and unequal locker rooms, of whites only hotels, and of restaurants with only a back door for colored athletes to enter. Witness the hopeless humiliation of a star player who was showered with adulation on the field and became a second-hand citizen when he walked off the diamond. Meet Jackie’s compatriots fighting the same battles between the end zones, inside the ring and around the track. A Game Apart is a powerful lesson of courage through dedication, perseverance and leadership.

This program is Free to the Public; Donations are accepted.

 This project receives support from the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.