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Baseball's leading lady Effa Manley and the rise and fall of the Negro Leagues

"The true story of Effa Manley, the first and only woman in the Baseball Hall of Fame, and her ownership role in the Negro Leagues leading up to the integration of Major League Baseball"--

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Main Author: Williams, Andrea (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Manley, Effa, > 1897-1981 > Juvenile nonfiction.
Negro leagues > History > Juvenile nonfiction.
Baseball > United States > History > Juvenile nonfiction.
Baseball team owners > United States > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction.
Women baseball team owners > United States > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction.
African American women > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction.
Biographies > Juvenile.
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Table of Contents:
  • A rebel is born. Color lines
  • Fields of dreams
  • Strong arms
  • A league of their own
  • Negro improvement
  • New negroes
  • Reversal of fortune
  • Fair play
  • A winning team. Black in business. King(s) of diamonds
  • Born again
  • Making moves
  • Trouble in paradise
  • Speaking up
  • Waging war
  • Enemies and allies. A change is gonna come. Battle wounds
  • Best-laid plans
  • Crossing the line
  • The thief of New York
  • The Negro (Leagues) problem
  • Flying high
  • Champions at last
  • Winning and losing
  • The call
  • The beginning of the end
  • Effa's last stand
  • Epilogue.

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