BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:The League BEGIN:VEVENT UID:193072024-02-28 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240228 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240229 LOCATION:107 Truitt Avenue\nRehoboth Beach Delaware 19971 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=107 Truitt Avenue\nRehoboth Beach Delaware 19971;X-APPLE-RADIUS=49;X-TITLE=107 Truitt Avenue:geo:38.7 30071,-75.133719 GEO:38.730071;-75.133719 SUMMARY:The League CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Sam Pollard (MLK/FBI)\, executi ve\nproduced by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson (Oscar-winning SUMMER OF\nS OUL)\, Tariq Trotter (DESCENDANT)\, and produced by RadicalMedia\, _THE\n LEAGUE_ celebrates the dynamic journey of Negro League baseball's\ntriump hs and challenges through the first half of the twentieth\ncentury. The st ory is told through previously unearthed archival\nfootage and never-befor e-seen interviews with legendary players like\nSatchel Paige and Buck O’ Neil – whose early careers paved the way\nfor the Jackie Robinson era – as well as celebrated Hall of Famers\nWillie Mays and Hank Aaron who s tarted out in the Negro Leagues. From\nentrepreneurial titans Cumberland P osey and Gus Greenlee\, whose\nintense rivalry fueled the rise of two of t he best baseball teams ever\nto play the game\, to Effa Manley\, the activ ist owner of the Newark\nEagles and the only woman ever admitted to the Na tional Baseball Hall\nof Fame\, THE LEAGUE explores Black baseball as an e conomic and social\npillar of Black communities and a stage for some of th e greatest\nathletes to ever play the game\, while also examining the unin tended\nconsequences of integration.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Sam Pollard (MLK/FBI)\, executive produced by Ahmir &ldquo\;Questlove&rdquo\; Thompso n (Oscar-winning SUMMER OF SOUL)\, Tariq Trotter (DESCENDANT)\, and produc ed by RadicalMedia\, \;THE LEAGUE \;celebrates the dynami c journey of Negro League baseball'\;s triumphs and challenges through the first half of the twentieth century. The story is told through previou sly unearthed archival footage and never-before-seen interviews with legen dary players like Satchel Paige and Buck O&rsquo\;Neil &ndash\; whose earl y careers paved the way for the Jackie Robinson era &ndash\; as well as ce lebrated Hall of Famers Willie Mays and Hank Aaron who started out in the Negro Leagues. From entrepreneurial titans Cumberland Posey and Gus Greenl ee\, whose intense rivalry fueled the rise of two of the best baseball tea ms ever to play the game\, to Effa Manley\, the activist owner of the Newa rk Eagles and the only woman ever admitted to the National Baseball Hall o f Fame\, THE LEAGUE explores Black baseball as an economic and social pill ar of Black communities and a stage for some of the greatest athletes to e ver play the game\, while also examining the unintended consequences of in tegration.

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