
Effa Manley
Effa Manley co-owned the Newark Eagles with her husband, Abe.…

Fred Hobgood
The assertive teenager’s pro baseball career began with a simple…

Harry Butts
Harry Butts was a left-handed pitcher who played professional…

Charles Parks
World War II ended when the Axis powers surrendered to the Allied…

Sherman Maxwell
“Believed by many to be the first black sports broadcaster,…

Andrew Patterson
Andrew Lawrence Patterson was born on December 19, 1911, in Chicago.1…

Maxwell Manning
Max Manning was a man of many nicknames. Newark Eagles teammate…

Rufus Lewis
There is nothing more exhilarating or more intoxicating in baseball…

Cal Irvin
Calvin Coolidge Irvin was born on November 28, 1924, in Haleburg,…

Vernon Harrison
The story of Vernon Randolph Harrison and the 1946 Newark Eagles…

Oscar Givens
The Newark Eagles’ May 5, 1946, season-opening game against…

Benny Felder
Newark Eagles shortstop Benny Felder was born on December…

Charles England
Charlie England’s baseball story is intertwined with the vagaries…

Johnny Davis
Hall of Famer Monte Irvin, speaking to Negro League historian…

Cecil Cole
After his playing days, Cecil Cole watched a lot of baseball…

James Boyd
The 1946 Newark Eagles pitching staff was filled with front-line…

Abe Manley
Abraham Lincoln Manley was born on December 22, 1885, in Hertford,…

Clarence Isreal
His name was Clarence Charles Isreal. That’s Isreal, not Israel.…

Leniel Hooker
Leniel Charlie Hooker was a right-handed pitcher from 1940 to…

Bob Harvey
Bob Harvey was a menacing hitter, who reliably anchored right…

Biz Mackey
In the summer of 1946, Pittsburgh Courier columnist Wendell Smith…

Leon Day
"If we had one game to win, we wanted Leon to pitch." — Monte…

Monte Irvin
Of all those who proudly wore the uniform of the Newark Eagles…

Larry Doby
Larry Doby is best remembered for becoming the first black player…