KANSAS CITY — Kansas City was announced Wednesday as the host site for the only advance public screenings of a film chronicling the rise of Jackie Robinson, a nod to the city where the baseball great made his professional debut two years before breaking the major league color barrier.
Jackie Robinson film screening to benefit KC Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 | 6:33 p.m. CDT;
updated 10:18 p.m. CDT, Wednesday, March 20, 2013
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