Negro Baseball League players were heroes at bat - Framingham, Massachusetts - The Framingham Tab
By Chris Bergeron/Daily News staff
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Posted Jul 04, 2010 @ 10:18 AM
BOSTON —
Until 1947, America's National Pastime denied admission to some of the greatest baseball players in the country.
For decades, legendary players like Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson and James "Cool Papa" Bell thrilled fans and filled stadiums in the Negro Baseball Leagues, which gave blacks athletic and social opportunities denied to them by institutionalized racism in the white major leagues.
Sixty-three years after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier, Paige, Gibson and Cool Papa are back on the diamond in "Shades of Greatness," an inspirational and informative exhibit in Gallery 360 at Northeastern University in Boston.
Organized by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum of Kansas City, Mo., it showcases 35 original works of art that bring alive an overlooked chapter of American history.
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