Bonded by Fred Mathews is an African-American work of art depicting a black couple
Born in Texas in 1870 to former enslaved parents
and centered around Maya Angelou's Phenomenal Woman
but we have just begun
the most trying periods of my life
Mighty Josh Edition:Remarque Bonded by Fred Mathews isFrom the New York Times Best Selling book, WE ARE THE SHIP: The Story of Negro League Baseball, by Kadir Nelson, the intimidating slugger, Josh Gibson (sometimes called "the Black Babe Ruth"), stands tall, partially illuminated by the late afternoon sun in front of his home dugout, swinging three bats, taunting the pitcher, Satchel Paige, as he awaits his turn at bat. As he steps our of the shadow, Gibson watches Paige deliver a pitch to batter, Buck