Black Is: On This Day… – Black Is

On this day June 8th…

	1982 – Satchel Paige, dies Baseball legend pitcher Satchel Paige dies in Kansas, City Missouri. Satchel who played famously in the Negro Leagues, went unrecognized by major baseball leagues for nearly a decade. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971.
	1968 – Assassin of M.L.K. Captured James Earl Ray, alleged assassin of Martin Luther King Jr., captured at London airport.
	1953 – Martin Luther King Jr. Marries In 1953, King, Sr., performs the marriage ceremony of King, Jr., and Coretta Scott at the Scott home near Marion, Alabama.

1982 – Satchel Paige, dies

Baseball legend pitcher Satchel Paige dies in Kansas, City Missouri. Satchel who played famously in the Negro Leagues, went unrecognized by major baseball leagues for nearly a decade. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971.

1968 – Assassin of M.L.K. Captured

James Earl Ray, alleged assassin of Martin Luther King Jr., captured at London airport.

1953 – Martin Luther King Jr. Marries

In 1953, King, Sr., performs the marriage ceremony of King, Jr., and Coretta Scott at the Scott home near Marion, Alabama.