Southern Negro League

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The Southern Negro League was a regional African American professional baseball league that operated in the segregated American South as part of the broader Negro Leagues system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Negro league baseball league
defunct baseball league
accessPolicy excluded from Major League Baseball due to racial segregation
competitionType regional league
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalSignificance provided professional opportunities for Black baseball players in the segregated South
ethnoRacialContext African American sports history
genderRestriction men’s league
geographicScope American South NERFINISHED
historicalContext operated before racial integration of Major League Baseball
languageOfOrganization English
leagueLevel professional
operatedDuring Jim Crow era NERFINISHED
participantDemographic African American players
partOf Negro Leagues system NERFINISHED
playerEthnicityRestriction Black players only
primaryAudience African American communities in the South
reasonForDecline integration of organized baseball
relatedTo Negro American League NERFINISHED
Negro National League NERFINISHED
segregationContext racially segregated baseball
sport baseball
status defunct
subjectOf Negro league baseball historiography
typeOfOrganization sports league

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Negro Leagues hasPart Southern Negro League