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Smithsonian Institution

Black Diamond

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Score a home run with this packet of information on the very first player of the Negro League to be elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame — cultural groundbreaker and sports legend Satchel Paige. These worksheets include a...
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Alabama Humanities Foundation

Encyclopedia of Alabama: Sports and Recreation: Satchel Paige

For Students 9th - 10th
The first African American to pitch in the major league, Satchel Paige led a full life of baseball. Satchel retired from the mound when he was sixty years old. Discover the successes and setbacks of this famed baseball player.
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Kansas State

Negro Leagues Baseball Museum: Satchel Paige

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent biography of legendary baseball player Satchel Paige. It traces his career through the Negro Leagues as a professional baseball player.
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Read Works

Read Works: Before Jackie: How Strikeout King Satchel Paige Struck Down Jim Crow

For Teachers 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks passage provides a brief biography of the baseball player Satchel Paige and his significant accomplishments. A paired passage, a vocabulary support sheet, a questions sheet, and an...
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Black Past

Black Past: Paige, Satchel

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief encyclopedia entry about the life of Satchel Paige, amazing pitcher in the Negro League.
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Black Past

Black Past: Williams, Joe

For Students 9th - 10th
In this encyclopedia entry you read about Joe Williams, an impressive pitcher in the Negro League.
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Black Past

Black Past: Williams, Joe

For Students 9th - 10th
In this encyclopedia entry you read about Joe Williams, an impressive pitcher in the Negro League.
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ESPN Internet Ventures

Espn: Paige Never Looked Back

For Students 9th - 10th
Highlights of the legendary career of the Negro League star who became a famous Major League pitcher, Leroy "Satchel" Paige. From ESPN.
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Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige

For Students 3rd - 8th
How old is too old to play professional baseball? This player was 59! Visit this site and find out more about Satchel Paige .
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Smithsonian Institution

National Postal Museum: Art of the Stamp: Satchel Paige

For Students 9th - 10th
View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 2000 to commemorate Satchel Paige, the first African-American to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.