Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting

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 taps Jackie Robinson to be the Major Leagues first black ballplayer. But a power struggle ensues when the eloquent Robeson raises questions about Rickeys motivations to integrate white baseball.