Negro League Baseball All*Star and Civil Rights Pioneer
Arthur David "Superman" Pennington
May 18, 1923 – January 4, 2017) was an all-star Negro league baseball player in the 1940s.[1] Pennington played for the Chicago American Giants (1941–1945, 1950), the Birmingham Black Barons (1945), as well as in the Mexican Baseball League (1946–1948), the U.S. minor league system (1949, 1952–1954, 1958–1959), and in Cuban and Venezuelan leagues. He played in the 1942 and 1950 East-West All-Star Game.[2] Pennington retired from Rockwell Collins in 1985; his house was badly damaged in a 2008 flood that destroyed most of his personal baseball memorabilia.
Art "Superman" Penningtion
Art Pennington (1923-2017) was a legendary baseball player whose achievements transcended the diamond. A Negro League Baseball All-Star, he also played professionally in Mexico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Canada, Venezuela, and Puerto Rico, leaving his mark on the international game.
A Pioneer in Baseball and Civil Rights
Art's impact extended far beyond baseball. He was a champion for civil rights who defied segregation by playing against white major leaguers in exhibition games and alongside them in Latin American winter leagues. He and his wife Anita defied societal norms with their interracial marriage, illegal at the time in the United States. Art also opened the Home Run Club in Cedar Rapids, a private, mixed-race establishment that broke racial barriers in the community. Learn more about this Civil Rights Pioneer and Negro League Baseball All*Star.
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1942 WEST ALL *STARS
SATCHEL PAIGE, ART "SUPERMAN' PENNINGTON, JAMES "COOL PAPA" BELL
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