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Chattamatters: Charles White On Black Baseball

Charles White near his home in Nashville, TN.
William Newlin / Chattamatters
Charles White near his home in Nashville, TN.

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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