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The improbable journey of Charley Pride, from his humble beginnings as a sharecropper鈥檚 son on a cotton farm in segregated Sledge, Mississippi to his career as a Negro American League baseball player and his meteoric rise as a trailblazing country music superstar.

The new documentary reveals how Pride鈥檚 love for music led him from the Delta to a larger, grander world. In the 1940s, radio transcended racial barriers, making it possible for Pride to grow up listening to and imitating Grand Ole Opry stars like Ernest Tubb and Roy Acuff.

At a time when African-American singers were more notable for R&B hits, Charley Pride followed his passion for country music, overcoming obstacles through determination and raw talent to make a lasting impact on the genre and create a legacy that continues today.

Turas iongantach Charley Pide, bho toiseach iriosal na mhac tuathanach roinn-ph脿irteach air tuathanas cotain sa bhaile sgaraichte, Sledge, Mississippi, gu a dhreuchd mar chluicheadair baseball ann an L矛og Dhubha Ameireaga agus an uairsin gu bhith na sh脿r ghaisgeach ce貌l d霉thchasach.

Tha am pr貌gram aithriseach 霉r seo a' sealltainn mar a thug gr脿dh a' chi霉il Pride 脿s an Inbhir gu saoghal nas motha is nas uaisle. Sna ceathradan, bha an r猫idio a' dol os cionn an sgaradh cinnidh, agus choisinn seo gun deach Pride a thogail ag 猫isteachd ri agus ag atharrais rionnagan a' Ghrand Ole Opry leithid Ernest Tubb is Roy Acuff.

Aig 脿m nuair a bha cli霉 aig seinneadairean Ameireaganach-Afraganach airson ce貌l R&B, ch霉m Pride air ann an ce貌l d霉thchasach, a' faighinn seachad air cnapan-starraidh le d矛cheall is liut, a' toirt buaidh mhaireannach air a' che貌l agus a' cruthachadh d矛leab a tha a' leantainn gus an latha an-diugh.

Dubbed in Gaelic with English subtitles