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Negro League Baseball - Breaking Baseball's Color Barrier - Extra History

Wanna watch without ads and see exclusive content? Go to https://curiositystream.com/extracredits to get a full year of Curiosity Stream & Nebula for just $14.97 Let's dig into the origins of the Negro League Baseball, a baseball league that was created by Black people all the way back in the 1880s and the two players who were so successful, they broke the segregationist wall in baseball: Josh Gibson & Satchel Paige. Gibson was an absolute legend at the bat and Paige was one of the world biggest showmen as well as best pitcher. And both would pave the way for Jackie Robinson. ___________ Support the people who make this show, vote for future Extra History topics, and get great perks at our Patreon! http://bit.ly/EHPatreon Subscribe & ! to our channel on YouTube at http://bit.ly/SubToEC Got more info about Extra Credits on our website at http://extracredits.site/ Grab your Extra Credits gear at the store! http://extracredits.store/ ___________ Thanks for participating in this week's discussion! We want you to be aware of our community posting guidelines so that we can have high-quality conversations: https://www.extracredits.site/extra-credits-community-code-of-con Come chat with us live on Twitch http://bit.ly/ECtwitch Want to contact us directly? Email us: contact@extra-credits.net Interested in sponsoring an episode? Email us: extracredits@standard.tv ___________ Want more Extra Credits? Follow us on social media: Twitter : http://bit.ly/ECTweet Facebook : http://bit.ly/ECFBPage Instagram : http://bit.ly/ECisonInstagram ___________ ♪ Get the intro music here! http://bit.ly/1EQA5N7 *Music by Demetori: http://bit.ly/1AaJG4H ♪ Outro music: "Air & Light" by Sean and Dean Kiner http://www.thekinerbrothersmusic.com/extra-history/

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Ramien

Shouldn't the arrows for Paige filling the bases be clockwise instead of counterclockwise?

Anonymous

It's astonishing to think there are still morons out there who judge others based solely on skin colour.

Rossum

The year before Robinson debuted with Brooklyn, pro football re-integrated, with four Black players, two of whom are in Canton.

Anonymous

Satchel Page should have his own episode on Extra Mythology. Seriously.

The Deaf Mans Lands

It's largely systemic. I recommend giving Knowing Better's most recent video on segregation in schools to get an idea of how interconnected a lot of these ideas are.

Anonymous

GREAT work! And I think you goofed a bit on John Gibson... estimates are that he hit between 800-100 homeruns, not 800-1000 pitches.

Bill Lemmond

I think you actually covered some things that Ken Burns' series o baseball didn't. I love stories about overcoming prejudice and the powers it wields.