Queen of the Negro Leagues: Fifth Post (Business)
It's really interesting to hear about Effa Manley's wonderful business sense in managing and promoting the Eagles. She really does seem to have been great at dealing with publicity and at managing the public opinion of the team. It's kind of amazing that she managed to get the mayor of Newark, the white mayor of Newark, to attend opening day every year. She seems to have had a great ability to keep the team in the black and the players happy, neither could have been an easy feat! Her mothering tendency seems to have been a good and a bad thing. I do like that she generally helped the players out when they needed it, though.
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