Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow
By James Sturm and Rich Tommaso
Leroy "Satchel" Paige was the most popular, highest paid and most photographed baseball player in the Negro League from the 1920s to the 1940s. Satchel Paige was a master pitcher who got the crowds laughing with his warm-up tricks and jokes. This was all during a time in U.S. history when African American athletes were not allowed to play on the same teams as white athletes--so they formed their own professional leagues. This graphic novel tells the story of one great ball player and the obstacles he overcame because he loved the game so much.
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