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Get startedBaseball's Leading Lady
Effa Manley and the Rise and Fall of the Negro Leagues
Narrator
Deanna Anthony
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Length
5 hours 31 minutes
Language
English
Before Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947, Negro Leagues Baseball was the only game in town for black athletes. And those leagues owed their existence and success to savvy businesspeople like Effa Manley, the black female co-owner of the Newark Eagles. Effa was the team's business manager, leading her team to win the Negro World Series in 1946. But this victory was bittersweet: Integration was on its way, and the demise of the Negro Leagues would soon follow. In this riveting nonfiction account, author Andrea Williams weaves the parallel stories of the segregated leagues with the tale of an inspiring woman who was at the center of it all.
Andrea Williams is an author, a journalist, and an editor. As a journalist, her work has been published across various outlets, including Mediabistro, CNNMoney, and Conde Nast Traveler. Before turning to full-time writing, she worked in marketing and development for the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in her hometown of Kansas City, Missouri. She now lives and writes in Nashville, Tennessee, with her husband and children.
Deanna Anthony is a classically trained singer, actress, and audiobook narrator. A former beauty queen, she has performed in over fifty regional and international theaters. When not working, she enjoys quilting and sewing, reading romance, and enjoying home-cooked meals and baked treats.