East–West League
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The East–West League was a short-lived Negro league baseball organization in the early 1930s that attempted to establish a stable, high-level circuit for African American teams during segregation.
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Negro league baseball league
ⓘ
defunct baseball league ⓘ |
| barrierAddressed | exclusion of Black players from Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | top-tier Negro league competition ⓘ |
| context | racial segregation in the United States ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalContext | African American sports history ⓘ |
| demographic | Black baseball teams ⓘ |
| era | pre-integration baseball ⓘ |
| ethnicFocus | African American ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | part of the broader Negro leagues structure ⓘ |
| leagueSystem | Negro leagues NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leagueType | professional baseball league ⓘ |
| legacy | example of instability in Negro league organizations ⓘ |
| level | major Negro league ⓘ |
| notableFeature | short-lived existence ⓘ |
| organizationalGoal |
high-quality competition among Black teams
ⓘ
league stability ⓘ |
| participantType | independent African American clubs ⓘ |
| purpose | to establish a stable high-level circuit for African American teams ⓘ |
| racialPolicy | segregated ⓘ |
| segregationEra | Jim Crow era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 1930s ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.