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| Title | A Giant Is Returned to the Earth |
| Abstract | Photos and article about the funeral for Satchel Paige, a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame and former member of the Kansas City Monarchs baseball team dying in 1982. Description of his battles with racial bigotry through his career and eulogies at his funeral, etc. |
| Notes | Page 18A: "In his eulogy, Mr. [Emanuel] Cleaver recalled being with Mr. Paige a week earlier when a baseball field near 51st Street and Swope Parkway was named in his honor. ..'Although Satchel Paige was never able to enjoy the financial success of today's black ballplayers,' he said [']he was able to expose and embarrass the patrons of segregated baseball.['] 'How could anyone justify for long denying a man from pitching in the major leagues who could throw a ball 100 miles per hour with pinpoint accuracy? How preposterous and witless it was.'" |
| Date | June 13, 1982 |
| Source | The Kansas City Star |
| Location | Vertical File: Paige, Satchel |
| Page | A1, A18 |
| Subject | Baseball
Baseball players
Segregation
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| Local Subject | African Americans
Paige, Leroy R. (Satchel)
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| Illustrations | Yes |
| Item Type | Newspaper Article
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| Access This Item | This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests |
| Item ID | 118145 |
| CONTENTdm number | 25959 |
