Harold Shade

Harold E. Shade

• Born April 4, 1936 in Pine Bluff, AR USA
• Died November 2017 in Dearborn Park, IL USA

Biographical Information

Harold Shade played in the post-integration Negro leagues, playing for, perhaps among others, the Detroit Stars and Memphis Red Sox. The third baseman represented the East in the 1956 East-West Game. He was the first African-American police officer in the Army base at Fort Riley. He later taught in the Chicago public schools.

Further Reading

• Obituary