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Chattamatters: Charles White On Black Baseball
Charles White near his home in Nashville, TN.(William Newlin / Chattamatters)
The Chattanooga Lookouts played the final game of their season last week.
Once upon a time, segregation forced some of Chattanooga’s greatest talents to play on other local baseball teams.
One of them: Charles White, who pitched professionally for the all-Black Chattanooga Stars in the 1950’s, as William Newlin of Chattamatters tells us.
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Ian-Alijah Bey and Mary Helen Montgomery of Chattamatters helped with the production of this story.
More at chattamatters.com.
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By WUTCCharles White near his home in Nashville, TN.(William Newlin / Chattamatters)
The Chattanooga Lookouts played the final game of their season last week.
Once upon a time, segregation forced some of Chattanooga’s greatest talents to play on other local baseball teams.
One of them: Charles White, who pitched professionally for the all-Black Chattanooga Stars in the 1950’s, as William Newlin of Chattamatters tells us.
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Ian-Alijah Bey and Mary Helen Montgomery of Chattamatters helped with the production of this story.
More at chattamatters.com.