Negro League historian, son of Satchel Paige speaks in Columbus
In celebrating Black History Month, Columbus Municipal School District hosted Negro League baseball historian Larry Lester and Robert Paige — the oldest son of Leroy “Satchel” Paige, a longtime Negro League star — at a presentation Thursday morning at Cook Elementary Magnets Fine Arts School.
Negro League historian: Hairston helped set tone for civil rights movement
Sam Hairston was the strong, silent type. Not one to complain or rebel, Hairston, a Crawford native, endured the discrimination and systematic racism which followed him into major league baseball in 1951.
Take me out to the … library: Players, historians, exhibit featured in baseball symposium
The Sam Hairston Celebration hits one out of the park with a “Meet the Players of the Negro Leagues” symposium Saturday, Oct. 16, 2 p.m. at the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library at 314 Seventh St. N.