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Baseball great Monte Irvin was initially tapped to be the first black player to break the color barrier.

You may not know the name but you probably recognize his face from his various TV and movie roles. But it's what he did in his youth that you need to know about.

Today would have been Satchel Paige's 102nd birthday. Paige may have been the greatest pitcher in baseball history but what we like most about him is that he defined Growing Bolder long before anyone really knew what it was.