Negro World Series

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The Negro World Series was the championship series of Negro league baseball in the United States, pitting the top teams from the major Black professional leagues against each other to determine the overall champion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Negro league baseball event
baseball championship series
alsoKnownAs Colored World Series NERFINISHED
competitionType postseason series
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalImpact symbol of Black athletic excellence during segregation
endTime 1948
era segregation era in American baseball
firstEdition 1924 Negro World Series NERFINISHED
follows establishment of multiple major Negro leagues
governingBody Negro league owners and league officials
historicalPeriod 1920s
1930s
1940s
inception 1924
lastEdition 1948 Negro World Series NERFINISHED
leagueLevel top level
mediaCoverage covered primarily by the Black press
notablePlayer Buck Leonard NERFINISHED
Cool Papa Bell NERFINISHED
Josh Gibson NERFINISHED
Monte Irvin NERFINISHED
Ray Dandridge NERFINISHED
Satchel Paige NERFINISHED
notableTeam Birmingham Black Barons NERFINISHED
Chicago American Giants NERFINISHED
Homestead Grays NERFINISHED
Kansas City Monarchs NERFINISHED
Newark Eagles NERFINISHED
Pittsburgh Crawfords NERFINISHED
numberOfGamesFormat best of nine games (in many years)
organizedBy Eastern Colored League NERFINISHED
Negro American League NERFINISHED
Negro National League NERFINISHED
second Negro National League
participantCriteria champions of major Negro leagues
precededBy informal Black baseball championship series
purpose to determine the overall champion of Negro league baseball
reasonForEnd decline of Negro leagues after Jackie Robinson joined MLB in 1947
integration of Major League Baseball
relatedTo Eastern Colored League NERFINISHED
Major League Baseball World Series NERFINISHED
Negro American League NERFINISHED
Negro National League NERFINISHED
significance served as the World Series equivalent for Black professional baseball
sport baseball
typicalVenue Negro league ballparks across the United States

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Birmingham Black Barons competedIn Negro World Series
Negro Leagues notableEvent Negro World Series
this entity surface form: Negro League World Series
Willie Wells playedIn Negro World Series
Willard Brown playedIn Negro World Series
J. L. Wilkinson associatedWith Negro World Series
this entity surface form: Negro league World Series competition