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.
Statements (25)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.