TY  - BOOK
AU  - Williams,Andrea
TI  - Baseball's leading lady: Effa Manley and the rise and fall of the Negro Leagues 
SN  - 9781250623720
PY  - 2021///
CY  - New York
PB  - Roaring Brook Press
KW  - Manley, Effa,
KW  - Newark Eagles (Baseball team)
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Negro leagues
KW  - History
KW  - Baseball
KW  - United States
KW  - Baseball team owners
KW  - Biography
KW  - Women baseball team owners
KW  - African American women
KW  - Biographies
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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; Ages 10-14; Roaring Brook Press; Grades 4-6; Roaring Brook Press
N2  - "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"--; Before Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947, Black athletes plated in the Negro Leagues, on teams coached by Black managers, cheered on by Black fans. Those leagues owed their existence and success to savvy businesspeople like Effa Manley, the Black female co-owner of the Newark Eagles. Manley was the team's business manager, leading her team to win the Negro World Series in 1946. Williams shows how Manley devoted her life to Black empowerment, invested in community programs, and fought for her team's place on an unequal field.  -- adapted from jacket
ER  -