Limited Series About ‘Queen of the Negro Leagues’ Effa Manley in the Works at Alcon
A limited series about Effa Manley, aka the “Queen of the Negro Leagues,” is in the works from Alcon Television.The project is based on James Overmyer’s novel “Queen of the Negro Leagues: Effa Manley and the Newark Eagles.” Byron Motley and Jeffrey Miiller are leading the adaptation, which is looking for talent and a showrunner.Anya Adams will direct the pilot. The limited series chronicles the dramatic efforts by tenacious civil rights activist Effa Manley and her husband Abe as they embark upon a risky business venture – starting their own ball club in the raucous world of the Negro Baseball Leagues.