Name: Former Mets OF Cleon Jones on Jackie Robinson, Africatown | Black History Month
Uploaded: 2022-02-21T10:31-05:00
Duration: 171 s
Description: In honor of Black History Month, New York Met great Cleon Jones, who caught the last out of the 1969 World Series, shares his incredible story: from his friendship with Jackie Robinson as a player to his life-long mission to help save his hometown of Africatown, Alabama, one of the most historic towns in the U.S. due to its ties to slavery.

Mets

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Yankees

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In honor of Black History Month, New York Met great Cleon Jones, who caught the last out of the 1969 World Series, shares his incredible story: from his friendship with Jackie Robinson as a player to his life-long mission to help save his hometown of Africatown, Alabama, one of the most historic towns in the U.S. due to its ties to slavery.

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