Racial Attitudes towards Jews in the “Negro Leagues”: The Case of Effa Manley

By the time the United States entered World War II in 1941, Negro League baseball had developed into a profitable, respected, and mostly black-owned business. While many factors contributed to this development, some portion of the financial success was attributable to the contributions of Jewish ent...

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1. Verfasser:	Rebecca Alpert
Format:	Buchkapitel
Sprache:	eng
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Zusammenfassung:	By the time the United States entered World War II in 1941, Negro League baseball had developed into a profitable, respected, and mostly black-owned business. While many factors contributed to this development, some portion of the financial success was attributable to the contributions of Jewish entrepreneurs during the depression (Alpert; Lanctot). Notably, Ed Gottlieb, Abe Saperstein, and Syd Pollock were welcomed into the business because of the financial experience and expertise they were able to bring to bear. Still, these entrepreneuers were also frequently viewed warily by their black partners and competitors as both white and Jewish outsiders. Which brings