Satchel Paige Biography

Born July 7, 1906 (Mobile, Alabama)
Died June 5, 1982 (Kansas City, Missouri)

Baseball player

"I practiced all the time. . . .Anything you practice, you begin to come good at, regardless of what it is."

During the prosperous Roaring Twenties, more U.S. citizens than ever before had extra income to spend on entertainment. Many were purchasing tickets to sporting events, and athletes like baseball's Babe Ruth (1895–1948; see entry) and boxing's Jack Dempsey (1895–1983; see entry) were becoming major celebrities. Meanwhile, the segregation (separation of white and black people) of U.S. society, which applied to professional sports as well as other areas,...

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