Queen of the Negro Leagues: Tenth Post (Payment)
Although I agree that integration of major league baseball was vitally important, I think that this chapter's focus on the black press' reaction to Effa Manley's fight for Negro League rights throughout the process was unfair. She wasn't doing anything to seriously impede the integration process, but rather demanding that the players be paid for fairly as any white minor league player would have been. She was asking for the black teams to be treated as worthwhile, which they must have been (despite many organizational problems) to have nurtured the talents of players so that they were good enough to play in the majors. I think that she was right to fight for her rights and the book could have reflected that better (or at least discussed it more fairly).
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rosepixiy) wrote,
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