Former Negro League Baseball Players Honored at the White House

President Obama met with Negro League baseball players.

Heroes of Baseball - The Negro League produced baseball legends including Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson and Gus Greenlee and serves as a pillar of African-American achievement in sports history. President Obama met with former Negro League baseball players at the White House this week. Take a look at more details about those players’ lives. —LaToya Bowlah(Photo: Official White House Photo)
Minnie Forbes - Minnie Forbes purchased the 1956 Detroit Stars from her Uncle Ted Rasberry and became the third woman in the U.S. to own a Negro League team. Several years after the acquisition, Forbes went on to play as the third basemen for the Kansas City Monarchs becoming the fourth woman to play baseball in the Negro Leagues. (Photo: Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
Mamie Johnson - What Mamie “Peanut” Johnson lacked in height, she made up for with “A Strong Right Arm.” Prior to publishing a book on the obstacles she faced as a professional Negro League baseball player, a 5-foot-3-inch-tall Johnson pitched fastballs averaging 80 to 85 mph for the Indianapolis Clowns from 1953 to 1955. (Photo: Katherine Frey/The Washington Post/Getty Images)Larry LeGrande - Larry LeGrande, 74, was an outfielder and catcher for the Memphis Red Sox, Detroit Clowns, Detroit Stars, Kansas City Monarchs and Satchel Paige All-Stars. While with the Detroit Stars, he was selected to play in the 1959 East-West All-Star game. LeGrande went on to play in the New York Yankees’ minor league system. (Photo: Public Domain)

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Heroes of Baseball - The Negro League produced baseball legends including Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson and Gus Greenlee and serves as a pillar of African-American achievement in sports history. President Obama met with former Negro League baseball players at the White House this week. Take a look at more details about those players’ lives. —LaToya Bowlah(Photo: Official White House Photo)

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