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And we return to our American stories.

Up next, a story from Bob Kendrick.

He's the president of the Negro

League's Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri. Today, Bob shares with us the story of a

player, many experts believe, at least experts in the world of baseball, was the greatest

of all time. And we're talking, Thatcher Page. Take it away, Bob.

I think the work that we've done over the last 30-plus years, people now come to the Negro

League's baseball museum expecting to meet some pretty good baseball players.

And of course, you're going to leave not being disappointed.

You're going to meet some of the greatest athletes to ever put on a baseball uniform.

But by the time our guests walk away from this experience, I think they truly walk away with a much deeper,

richer appreciation for just

how great this country really is. Because the story of the Negro Leagues could have only

happened in America. Yes, it is anchored against the ugliness of American segregation,

a horrible chapter in this country's history.

But out of segregation rose this wonderful story of triumph in conquest

and is all based on one small simple principle.

You won't let me play with you in the major leagues?

Okay, I'll create my own league.

And they never believed that they were inferior because they were playing in the Negro Leagues,

or that the white athlete was superior because they were playing in the major leagues.

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