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The “father of Black baseball”
The fastest base runner of all time
Satchel Paige in a baseball uniform pitching on a field in 1942, captured mid-throw with his arm extended and glove hand raised.
On the field
Josh Gibson slides into home plate as catcher Ted Radcliffe tags him out amid a cloud of dust during the Negro Leagues East-West All-Star Game at Comiskey Park.
On the cusp of making history
Josh Gibson, catcher for the Homestead Grays, poses in a batting stance with a baseball bat at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, wearing a baseball uniform and cap.
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The “father of Black baseball”
Rube Foster
American baseball player
Mamie (“Peanut”) Johnson
Mamie (“Peanut”) Johnson
American baseball player
An all-time baseball great
Oscar Charleston
American baseball player and manager
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Ray Dandridge
American baseball player
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Ted Radcliffe
American baseball player
Buck Leonard
Buck Leonard
American athlete
Minnie Miñoso
Minnie Miñoso
Cuban baseball player
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John Henry Lloyd
American athlete and manager
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Smokey Joe Williams
American baseball player
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Buck O’Neil
American baseball player and manager
Roy Campanella
Roy Campanella
American athlete
The fastest base runner of all time
Cool Papa Bell
American baseball player

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