If You Were Only White Audiobook Libro.fm

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If You Were Only White explores the legacy of one of the most exceptional athletes everan entertainer extraordinaire a daring showman and crowdpleaser a wizard with a baseball whose artistry and antics on the mound brought fans out in the thousands to ballparks across the country Leroy Satchel Paige was arguably one of the worlds greatest pitchers and a premier star of Negro Leagues Baseball But in this biography Donald Spivey reveals Paige to have been much more than just a blazing fastball pitcher

Spivey follows Paige from his birth in Alabama in 1906 to his death in Kansas City in 1982 detailing the challenges Paige faced battling the color line in America and recounting his tests and triumphs in baseball He also opens up Paiges private life during and after his playing days introducing listeners to the man who extended his social cultural and political reach beyond the limitations associated with his humble background

Paiges life intertwined with many of the most important issues of the times in US and African American history Spivey incorporates interviews with former teammates conducted over twelve years as well as exclusive interviews with Paiges son Robert daughter Pamela Ted Double Duty Radcliffe and John Buck ONeil to tell the story of a pioneer who helped transform America through the nations favorite pastime