Episode #005 features an oral history interview with Effa Manley, the first African American woman to own a professional baseball team. She co-owned the Newark Eagles (Negro League) with her husband Abe Manley. In this episode Effa Manley looks back at the impact of Jackie Robinson and the integration of Major League Baseball on the Negro League. 

The interviews with Effa Manley and Larry Doby are housed at the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

To listen to and search the oral history interviews from this podcast: https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/catalog/xt7nzs2k9c74

Produced by Doug Boyd and Kopana Terry
Assistant Producer Charlotte Boyd
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Music by Doug Boyd


#005: Take Her Out to the Ballgame: Effa Manley and Negro League Baseball

The Wisdom Project podcast is produced by the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the University of Kentucky Libraries.  The podcast features stories drawn from oral history interviews and projects from the Nunn Center’s extensive collection of nearly 10,000 oral history interviews.  Additionally, we will feature oral history-related news from all over the world.

Producers: Doug Boyd and Kopana Terry