{"id":17119,"date":"2011-10-19T03:31:20","date_gmt":"2011-10-19T03:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=17119"},"modified":"2011-10-20T03:38:13","modified_gmt":"2011-10-20T03:38:13","slug":"author-talk-and-book-signing-bob-luke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=17119","title":{"rendered":"Author Talk and Book Signing: Bob Luke"},"content":{"rendered":"

Author Talk and Book Signing: Bob Luke<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

National Portrait Gallery<\/a>
\nBookstore
\nEighth and F Streets NW
\nWashington, D.C.
\n2011-10-19, 18:00-19:00 EDT (Local Time)<\/p>\n

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Bob Luke<\/a> discusses and signs copies of The Most Famous Woman in Baseball: Effa Manley and the Negro Leagues<\/a><\/em>. Manley’s<\/a> life played out against the backdrop of the Jim Crow<\/a> years, when discrimination forced most of Newark\u2019s<\/a> blacks to live in the Third Ward, where prostitution flourished, housing was among the nation\u2019s worst, and only menial jobs were available. Manley and the Eagles<\/a> gave African Americans a haven, Ruppert Stadium<\/a>. She was a force of nature\u2014and, as Bob Luke shows, one to be reckoned with. From 1936 to 1948, she ran the Negro league<\/a> Newark Eagles, which her husband, Abe<\/a>, owned for roughly a decade. Because of her business acumen, commitment to her players, and larger-than-life personality, she would leave an indelible mark not only on baseball but also on American history.<\/p>\n

For more information, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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