Current mood:	chipper
Entry tags:	james overmyer, queen of the negro leagues

Queen of the Negro Leagues: Eighth Post (World War II)
I liked hearing about the challenges facing Negro League baseball during World War II, but I would have liked to have heard more about Effa Manley's wartime projects and less about who jumped to Latin America and when. Don't get me wrong, the problem of players deserting their teams for Mexico or other Central American countries is interesting, as is the lengths to which Mrs Manley was willing to go to stop them from doing so, but it doesn't need quite as much attention as the book gave it. I would have loved to have heard more about Mrs Manley's war effort fundraising and her support of the black entertainers who performed for the troops. Overmyer mentioned special days and benefits celebrating black soldiers and supporting the war efforts, but he didn't actually talk much about them. I rather wish he had, as I would have been interested in hearing about them!