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"The Queen of the Negro Leagues": Bob Kendrick & Jim Overmyer on the Legacy of Effa Manley
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"The Queen of the Negro Leagues": Bob Kendrick & Jim Overmyer on the Legacy of Effa Manley
FromBlack Diamonds
ratings:
Length:
53 minutes
Released:
May 6, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Follow Bob Kendrick on Twitter - https://twitter.com/nlbmprezVisit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City - https://nlbm.com/Interviews with Effa Manley and Monte Irvin appear courtesy of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries
Released:
May 6, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (85)
"The Homestead Grays" Part 2: with Washington Nationals First Baseman Josh Bell: Former Pittsburgh Pirate and current Washington Nationals first baseman Josh Bell joins Negro Leagues Baseball Museum President Bob Kendrick to talk about following in the footsteps of Josh Gibson (2:10), the biggest home runs of his own career (04:35), the legends of the Homestead Grays (7:33), the impact of Negro Leagues history on his own life (18:55), being a Black athlete in 2021 (25:29), and how close Josh Gibson came to breaking the color barrier (34:49). by Black Diamonds