An event to celebrate a book by local authors, Brenda O’Halloran and Doug Doughty, VASCO: Baseball, Grit, and the Lie of Separate but Equal, will be held on December 5th at the Bethel AME Church – Black History Museum. The event will be held from 2- 4 p.m.
Vasco Graham was born in Chillicothe in 1874, the son of former slaves. He went on to be a pioneer in Black Baseball and integrated the minor league Michigan State League in 1895. He played with a few Hall of Famers, including Honus Wagner, Bud Fowler, and Sol White, plus a host of former great pre-Negro League baseball stars. Vasco passed away in Omaha, but is buried in the A. M. E. Cemetery on the outskirts of Chillicothe.
