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"If you were only white" : the life of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

Title
  1. "If you were only white" : the life of Leroy "Satchel" Paige / Donald Spivey.
Published by
  1. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2012]
Supplementary content
  1. Contributor biographical information
  2. Publisher description
Author
  1. Spivey, Donald

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Description
  1. xxv, 347 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
Summary
  1. "Explores the legacy of one of the most exceptional athletes ever--an entertainer extraordinaire, a daring showman and crowd-pleaser, a wizard with a baseball whose artistry and antics on the mound brought fans out in the thousands to ballparks across the country. Leroy "Satchel" Paige was arguably one of the world's greatest pitchers and a premier star of Negro Leagues Baseball. But in this biography Donald Spivey reveals Paige to have been much more than just a blazing fastball pitcher. Spivey follows Paige from his birth in Alabama in 1906 to his death in Kansas City in 1982, detailing the challenges Paige faced battling the color line in America and recounting his tests and triumphs in baseball. He also opens up Paige's private life during and after his playing days, introducing readers to the man who extended his social, cultural, and political reach beyond the limitations associated with his humble background and upbringing."--Jacket.
Series statement
  1. Sports and American culture series
Uniform title
  1. Sports and American culture series.
Alternative title
  1. Life of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
Subject
  1. Baseball players
  2. United States
  3. African American baseball players
  4. Pitchers (Baseball)
  5. Discrimination in sports
  6. Discrimination in sports > United States
  7. Biography
  8. Baseball players > United States > Biography
  9. Black author
  10. United States > Race relations > 20th century
  11. African American baseball players > United States > Biography
  12. Paige, Satchel, 1906-1982
  13. Racism in sports > United States > History
  14. Pitchers (Baseball) > United States > Biography
  15. Negro leagues > History
  16. History
Genre/Form
  1. Biography.
  2. History.
Contents
  1. Warm-ups : a prelude -- Without a Satchel -- On the mount -- "If you were only white" -- Turning the Paige -- Blackballing the Great Depression -- How the West was won -- Baseball diplomacy -- The fugitive -- Lazarus -- Double V -- Integration -- Center stage in the white arena -- Ninth inning -- Extra innings.
Call number
  1. Sc E 19-91
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-333) and index.
Author
  1. Spivey, Donald, author.
Title
  1. "If you were only white" : the life of Leroy "Satchel" Paige / Donald Spivey.
Publisher
  1. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2012]
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Series
  1. Sports and American culture series
  2. Sports and American culture series.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-333) and index.
Local note
  1. Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
Connect to:
  1. Contributor biographical information
  2. Publisher description
Local subject
  1. Black author.
LCCN
  1. 2014397121
ISBN
  1. 9780826219787
  2. 0826219780
Research call number
  1. Sc E 19-91
  2. JFE 14-5537
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