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"The League"

The team owner who fought for civil rights

by Catherine Orihuela
Apr 23, 2024
Effa Manley, owner of the Newark Eagles, firmly believed her team’s success was tied to the ongoing struggle for justice in her community.
Effa Manley mixed business and activism as co-owner of the Newark Eagles, a Negro National League team.
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"The League"

Negro Leagues barnstorming brought baseball to new places

by David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder
Apr 23, 2024
It's just one of the lasting economic legacies of the professional baseball played in the Negro Leagues in the 20th century.
Teams that played in the Negro Leagues often had no choice but to hit the road and play games all over. They relied on this practice, known as barnstorming, to keep the money coming in. Pictured above: The Newark Eagles in a dugout in 1936.
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"The League"

How baseball's Negro Leagues became successful business enterprises

by David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder
Apr 17, 2024
"It was sailing against the tide of oppression," Negro Leagues Baseball Museum co-founder Larry Lester says.
Andrew "Rube" Foster founded the Chicago American Giants, pictured here in 1941. Foster organized the Negro National League, the first league for Black baseball players that survived a whole season.
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Marketplace Morning Report

The Black businesses behind some of baseball's best players

Apr 17, 2024
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"The League"

At-will employment and creative destruction

by David Brancaccio
Apr 16, 2024
David Brancaccio’s economic lessons from “The League.”
Jackie Robinson in the 1950s.
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"The League"

Meet the first Black baseball players

by Ellen Rolfes
Apr 8, 2024
We're watching “The League,” a documentary about the contributions that Black baseball players and the Negro Leagues made to America’s pastime.
A magazine cover featuring Jackie Robinson in 1952.
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2024 Oscar-Nominated Documentary Shorts

What “Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó” can teach about combatting loneliness as we age

by Ellen Rolfes
Mar 25, 2024
While most older folks would prefer to age in place, home sharing — like that featured in “Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó” — could offer more older Americans the ability to stay in their homes while reducing the risks of social isolation.
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2024 Oscar-Nominated Documentary Shorts

The costs of banning books

by Ellen Rolfes and Samantha Fields
Mar 20, 2024
This week, we’re watching “The ABCs of Book Banning” and looking into the economic impact of book bans for schools and blacklisted authors.
Book bans have nearly doubled in recent years.
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2024 Oscar-Nominated Documentary Shorts

Oscar winner "The Last Repair Shop" explores the costs of repairing musical instruments

by Ellen Rolfes
Mar 11, 2024
“The Last Repair Shop” focuses on the people who maintain the 140,000 musical instruments owned by Los Angeles Unified School District public schools.
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2024 Oscar-Nominated Documentary Shorts

Arlo Washington is the barber — and banker — of Little Rock

by David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder
Mar 7, 2024
Washington's mission to bring economic justice to Arkansas is on display in the Oscar-nominated film "The Barber of Little Rock."
"If you can have a trade and a skill that's essential and needed, and you also have access to an opportunity, then you're able to create a sustainable, profitable and scalable business for yourself as an entrepreneur," Arlo Washington said.
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