GOOD MORNING P.O.U.! We conclude our series on Early African American Basketball... THE NEW YORK ALL STARS New York, NY From BlackFives.com: The New York All Stars®, an all-black basketball team of the 1910, paved the way for professionalism in the sport. … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Early African American Basketball
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Friday Open Thread: Early African American Basketball
HAPPY FRIDAY P.O.U.! We continues our series on Early African American Basketball... SAVOY BIG FIVE Chicago, Illinois The Savoy Big Five was an African American professional barnstorming team based in Chicago during the 1920s and 1930s. In conventional basketball history, they have been deemed as a precursor team to the Harlem Globetrotters, but that view is a … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Early African American Basketball
Thursday Open Thread: Early African American Basketball
GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY P.O.U.! We continue our series on Early African American Basketball... OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH COSMOPOLITANS Chicago, Illinois Olivet Baptist Church Cosmopolitans, one of the most accomplished African American women’s teams in Chicago during the 1920s and 1930s, playing both other churches and some of the top amateur … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Early African American Basketball
Wednesday Open Thread: Early African American Basketball
HAPPY HUMP DAY PRAGOBOTS! We continue our series on Early African American Basketball... ALPHA PHYSICAL CULTURE CLUB New York, NY Alpha Physical Culture Club, more popularly known as the Alpha Big Five, on Manhattan, New York, was an amateur African-America basketball team in the early 1900s. The team won three New York metropolitan titles before winning the designation … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Early African American Basketball
Tuesday Open Thread: Early African American Basketball
GOOD MORNING P.O.U.! We continue our series on Early African American Basketball... THE NEW YORK RENAISSANCE Harlem, NY The Rens By John Smallwood, from NBA Encyclopedia The New York Rens began as the Spartan Braves of Brooklyn, then became the Spartan Five and finally in 1923 emerged as the Renaissance, named after the famed Renaissance Ballroom on 138th … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Early African American Basketball