Pete Sessions: “Satchel Paige was denied the right to fully participate in American baseball until the very end of his career. That was…”

“Satchel Paige was denied the right to fully participate in American baseball until the very end of his career. That was a tragedy. It was really a tragedy. It is something our Nation cannot take pride in and should feel great sadness over. A number of other Negro Leagues players came from Mobile, which is a great bastion of baseball excellence, including Willie McCovey and Hank Aaron, among others, who developed out of that history of excellent baseball. I thank the Senator from Missouri for his leadership. I think it will be an important addition to our national heritage to have this museum.”