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Satchel Paige
- "The story of the baseball Hall of Famer who was the first African American to pitch in the American League. This biography features Satchel Paige as an outstanding pitcher who faced discrimination & prejudice. His career spanned more than 40 years, in which he played for many years in the Negro Leagues before becoming the first black pitcher in the American League. There is an appendix of Paige's statistics. Chronology, bibliography, & index. Part of the Black Americans of Achievement series. Describes the life and times of the Hall of Fame pitcher who gained wide-spread recognition in the Negro Leagues before becoming the first black pitcher in the American League."