♪♪♪ >> THE YEAR WAS 1947.
BASEBALL WAS AMERICA'S FAVORITE PASTIME, AND THANKS TO ONE MAN,
IT HAD FINALLY BECOME INTEGRATED.
JACKIE ROBINSON'S COURAGE ON AND OFF THE FIELD MADE HIM A SYMBOL
OF HOPE FOR BLACK AMERICA. BUT SADLY, NOT EVERYONE WAS
HAPPY. ♪♪♪
>> AND ROBINSON'S HEADING TO THIRD BASE.
BUT WAIT, I THINK HE'S GOING TO TRY FOR HOME.
>> COME ON, JACKIE. YOU CAN DO IT.
[ CHEERS ] >> OH MAN.
HE AIN'T GONNA MAKE IT. >> HERE COMES THE THROW, AND HE
IS -- >> OUT.
>> SAFE! [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> WAY TO GO JACKIE. THAT'S THE WAY TO GET THEM.
>> HOW ABOUT THREE CHEERS FOR JACKIE.
[ CHEERS ] >> BOO!
>> TODAY ON FORGOTTEN FIGURES OF BLACK HISTORY, WE TAKE A LOOK
BACK AT TERRENCE WASHINGTON, THE FIRST BLACK MAN TO BOO
JACKIE ROBINSON AT A BASEBALL GAME.
>> OOH MAN, DID YOU SEE THE WAY THAT JACKIE FLEW FROM SECOND TO
HOME? THAT WAS --
>> MAN, SELFISH IS WHAT IT WAS. BASEBALL AIN'T ABOUT
HOT-DOGGING. LIKE THE SAYING GOES, SLOW AND
STEADY WINS THE BASEBALL GAME. >> THAT'S NOT A SAYING AT ALL.
>> WHAT'S WITH THIS GUY, HOW COULD HE NOT LIKE
JACKIE ROBINSON? >> MUST BE FROM OUT OF TOWN.
>> TERRENCE WASHINGTON GREW UP IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK AND WAS A
LIFELONG DODGER'S FAN UP UNTIL JACKIE ROBINSON JOINED THE TEAM
IN 1947. TERENCE WAS SO UPSET BY
ROBINSON'S ARRIVAL, HE'D SHOW UP AND ROOT FOR THE OTHER TEAM.
>> I DON'T KNOW, I STILL SAY THIS ROBINSON GUY IS ALL HYPE.
>> THANK YOU. HE GETS IT.
>> ARE YOU CRAZY? HE'S THE BEST BALLPLAYER I'VE
EVER SEEN. >> WHAT?
>> GET OUT OF HERE. >> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
WHAT ABOUT JOE DiMAGGIO? >> OR TED WILLIAMS?
>> OR TERRENCE WASHINGTON. >> WHAT ABOUT STAN "THE MAN"
MUSIAL? >> OR TERRENCE "THE ENLARGED
HEART" WASHINGTON. >> WHO THE HECK IS
TERRENCE WASHINGTON? >> HA.
YOU HEAR THIS? THIS CHUMP'S TALKING ABOUT
BASEBALL BUT DON'T EVE KNOW TERRENCE "THE HEART MURMURS"
WASHINGTON. >> I GOT TO BE HONEST.
I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT IS EITHER. >> IS HIS NAME THE ENLARGED
HEART OR THE HEART MURMUR. >> IT'S BOTH AND HE'S THE
GREATEST HITTER IN NEGRO LEAGUE HISTORY.
PLUS HE CAN RUN FASTER THAN A QUART OF PRUNE JUICE TO A COLON.
>> TERRENCE WASHINGTON HAD NEVER ACTUALLY PLAYED BASEBALL DUE TO
HIS ENLARGED HEART AND MANY HEART MURMURS, BUT THE PEOPLE
WHO KNEW HIM BEST SAY THAT HE HAD A PERSONAL VENDETTA AGAINST
ROBINSON EVER SINCE HIS EX-WIFE MENTIONED THAT JACKIE WAS
HANDSOME. >> NOW BATTING, WITH THE BASES
LOADED, JACKIE ROBINSON. >> I HATE HIM.
HE AIN'T EVEN HANDSOME. >> OKAY, IF ROBINSON GETS THE
HIT, THE DODGERS WIN. >> HE AIN'T GOING TO GET IT.
HE'S GONNA MESS IT UP. >> WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
HE'S HITTING FOUR FOR FOUR. >> COME ON, JACKIE, YOU CAN DO
IT, MAN. >> NO, YOU CAN'T.
BOO. >> WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?
>> WOULD YOU STOP BOOING? >> OH WHAT?
SO, A BLACK MAN CAN'T BOO IN AMERICA?
>> YOU CAN BOO, JUST DON'T BOO JACKIE ROBINSON.
>> NO IT'S NOT. DON'T YOU WANT TO SHOW YOUR KID
THAT HE CAN BE WHATEVER HE WANTS TO BE?
>> I DON'T KNOW THIS KID. >> OH.
SORRY, I THOUGHT YOU DID. >> OH, LET ME GUESS, CAUSE WE'RE
BOTH BLACK. >> YEAH.
>> THAT ACTUALLY DOES SOUND KIND OF RACIST PAUL.
>> ALL I WANT IS TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE GAME, AND BOO PEOPLE
JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. >> OKAY, BUT WHY DOES IT HAVE TO
BE THE ONE BLACK PLAYER? >> OH, SO IT'S OKAY TO BOO WHITE
GUYS. >> YES.
>> WOW. >> LOOK, FORGET I SAID ANYTHING,
OKAY? I'M NOT RACIST, BOO WHOEVER YOU
WANT I DON'T CARE. >> YOU JUST DON'T GET IT.
ALL MY LIFE I'VE BEEN HEARING NO.
NO, I CAN'T EAT HAM. NO, I CAN'T PLAY BASEBALL OR
I'LL HAVE A HEART ATTACK. NO, I CAN'T MAKE THIS MARRIAGE
WORK. NO, I CAN'T GIVE YOU A HAIRCUT
THAT'LL MAKE YOU LOOK LIKE JACKIE ROBINSON.
AND NOW I CAN'T EVEN BOO? I'M LEAVING.
NICE TO MEET YOU LITTLE BOY. >> HEY, WAIT, BUDDY, WHAT IF WE
ALL BOOED JACKIE ROBINSON TOGETHER?
>> YOU'D DO THAT FOR ME? >> YEAH, SURE BUDDY.
>> COME ON, GUYS. [ BOOING ]
>> AND THE PITCH. SWING AND A MISS.
ROBINSON SEEMED A LITTLE DISTRACTED.
>> WE DID IT. >> YEAH, YOU SUCK JACKIE.
>> YEAH, GO BACK TO THE NEGRO LEAGUE WHERE YOU BELONG.
>> WHOAH. EASY MAN.
THAT'S WAY TOO MUCH.