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
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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
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