so they called josh gibson the "black babe ruth" but many thought ruth should be called "the white gibsonter: artist kadir nelson has been tipping his cap for years painting portraits of negro leaguers. what about them do you find heroic? >> they love baseball so much, that they were able to create their own successful baseball league, and change the hearts and minds of a great many. >> reporter: which is why so many are tipping their cap, not just to those who cross the bridge, but to those who built it, and never got the chance to make the trip. jim axelrod, cbs news. >> brennan: and we will be right back. and here's how. with the ford promise. visit your ford dealer. finance a new, certified pre-owned or used vehicle through ford credit and if you lose your job, you can return it for up to one year from the day you bought it. you can also get 0% apr financing for 72 months neup ylet us helget you, apr finback to it.72 months with the ford promise. so here's to the strong, who trust in our performance and comfortable, long-lasting protection. because your strength is supported by ours.

demonstrating that on major league fields. >> this game arm have carried him to the heights. >> they called josh gibson ruth but many thought ruth should be called the white gibson. >> artist kadir nelson has been tipping his cap in his own way for years, painting portraits of negro leaguers. >> what about the negro league ball players do you find heroic? >> the mere fact that they were able to create their own grand stage since they were denied access to the grandth stage in baseball. >> i am very grateful that i had all of these people who stood behind me. >> reporter: before he broke babe ruth's home run record, hang humanitarian broke in as a negro leaguer. >> it was one of the toughest things in all of baseball to have to play in that type of situation. but i think that we did our share in tackling racism in all of baseball. >> reporter: as one of the few who got to cross the bridge, he's tipping his cap to so many others who built it, but never did. jim axelrod, cbs news. >> garrett: that is the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday, i am major garrett in washington. good night. >> >>> two armed o

robinson broke the color barrier in 1947, the anything owe leagues produced players like satchel page, josh gibsonbl e cled of white b. rtist kadir nelso has been tipng his cap in his own way for years, painting portrait of players. >> what about the anything owe league players did you find heroic? >> they loved baseball so much that they were able to create their own successful baseball league and change the hearts and minds of a great many. >> reporter: which is why so many are tipping their cap. not just to those who crossed the bridge, but to those who built it and never got the chance to make the trip. jim axelrod, cbs news. >> play ball. and that's the "overnight news" for this tuesday. for some of you, the news continues. fourths, check back later for "cbs this morning" and follow us online at any time at cbs.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm ed o'keefe. ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> o'donnell: tonight promising results in the race to develop a coronavirus vaccine. the groundbreaking science and why doctors are optimistic. scientists at oxford university conducting one of the