Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow
- Annotation:
- Told from the point of view from a sharecropper, fictionalized account of some of the real-life experiences of baseball pitcher Satchel Paige, centering on segregation and Jim Crow.
- Creators:
- Author - Rich Tommaso
- Illustrator - Rich Tommaso
- Author - James Strum
- Illustrator - James Strum
- Publication Information:
- Disney/Jump at the Sun, Los Angeles, April 2019
- Color or Black & White:
- Genre:
- Historical Fiction
- Bibliography Available:
- Yes
- Original Language:
- English
- Historical Topic/Event:
- Paige, Satchel, 1906-1982
- Negro Leagues
- African Americans-Legal status, laws, etc.
- Geographic Setting:
- Alabama
- Date Range:
- 1929 - 1944
- Awards:
- 2008 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work; 2008 Glyph Comics Awards for Best Writer and Best Male Character; NAACP Award for Nominee for Best Literary Work - Youth/Teens 2008; Junior Library Guild Selection
- Tags:
- Negro Baseball League, Segregation, Jim Crow, lynching, Sharecropper, Shadow Ball, Barn Storming tour, Satchel Paige, Jackie Robinson
- Notes:
- Reading Age: 10 - 14 years. Grade Level: 5 - 9. Panel Discussion. Introduction by Gerald Lyn Early. First hardback edition 2007. Additional Title: Center for Cartoon Studies presents
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