(This series was originally posted in Feb. 2013) GOOD MONDAY MORNING P.O.U.!! This week we're going to take a look at the early era of African Americans in basketball known as the "Black Fives Era". First, a brief historical background... From Wikipedia: The term Black Fives refers to all-black basketball teams that thrived in the United States between 1904, when … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: Early African American Basketball II
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Thursday Open Thread: African American Brewers and Breweries
GOOD MORNING, PRAG OBOTS! GARRETT OLIVER The Brooklyn Brewery Company … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: African American Brewers and Breweries
Wednesday Open Thread: Free Black Communities
In the early 1820s, eleven African American families, some free, some fugitive, crossed the Mississippi River from the slave-state of Missouri to the free state of Illinois to found the first black town in the United States. According to oral tradition, the group was led by Priscilla and John Baltimore, and included the Anderson, Sullivan, Singleton, Wilson, Cox, Wyatt, and … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Free Black Communities
Monday Open Thread: Early African American Basketball
GOOD MONDAY MORNING P.O.U.!! This week we're going to take a look at the early era of African Americans in basketball known as the "Black Fives Era". First, a brief historical background... From Wikipedia: The term Black Fives refers to all-black basketball teams that thrived in the United States between 1904, when basketball was first introduced to African Americans on a … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: Early African American Basketball