Queen of the Negro Leagues (eBook)

Effa Manley and the Newark Eagles

James Overmyer (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020 | Negro Leagues Centennial Edition
312 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-5381-3985-1 (ISBN)

Infos

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Negro Leagues, this bookhonors the life of Effa Manley, the trailblazing female co-owner of baseball's Newark Eagles. The first woman inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, there was no one like Effa Manley in the sports world of the 1930s and 1940s. She was a sophisticated woman who owned a baseball team. She never shrank from going head to head with men, who dominated the ranks of sports executives. That her life story remained unchronicled for so long can only be attributed to one thing: her team, the Newark Eagles, belonged to the Negro Leagues.In Queen of the Negro Leagues: Effa Manley and the Newark Eagles, Negro Leagues Centennial Edition, James Overmyer brings to light new details regarding Effa Manley's fascinating story, including previously-unknown information about her childhood and family. Overmyer wonderfully portrays Effa Manley's trailblazing life, her championship baseball team, and a thriving black community in Newark that took the Eagles into their hearts. In addition, this book contains updates regarding the Negro Leagues, its talented rank of players, and Manley's induction into the Hall of Fame.This important work shines the spotlight on a previously unsung segment of baseball history. Drawing extensively from Eagle team records and Manley's scrapbook, Queen of the Negro Leagues is the definitive biography of a groundbreaking female sports executive.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.4.2020
• Zusatzinfo: 19 Illustrations including: - 19 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: 1930s baseball • 1940s baseball • Abe Manley • African American History • black baseball • business and sports • discrimination in sports • female owner • gender and sports • Hall of Fame • Negro League owners • Negro Leagues • Negro Leagues Centennial • Negro Leagues history • sports executive • trailblazer • women in sports
• ISBN-10: 1-5381-3985-5 / 1538139855
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5381-3985-1 / 9781538139851