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Feb 22, 2023 · In 1923, Douglas, who had enjoyed playing sports as a child, was determined to create a basketball team and provide greater opportunities for New York City’s Black athletes. First, he...
- colin.mcevoy@hearst.com
- Senior News Editor, Biography.Com
Sep 23, 2021 · February | 13. Choose another date. 1923. First all-Black professional basketball team organized. On February 13, 1923, the New York Renaissance, the first all-Black professional...
- Missy Sullivan
Feb 1, 2021 · The Rens were the first all-Black professional team founded and owned by an African-American, Robert Douglas. View this post on Instagram. A post shared by Black Fives Foundation...
- Carlan Gay
New York Rens, American professional basketball team that was among the most accomplished and storied teams in the history of the game. The Rens, an African-American-owned all-Black team during the era of segregated basketball teams, won the first world championship of basketball in 1939.
The famed Renaissance Casino & Ballroom, a historically important Black cultural mecca that was built in 1922 and was the home court of the New York Renaissance Big Five, the first Black-owned fully-professional African American basketball team, is torn down after its sale to condo-developers by the property’s former owner, the Abyssinian ...
Feb 15, 2017 · In 1927, the Harlem Globetrotters were founded by Abe Saperstein as a team focused on entertaining and amazing the crowd with their handles. The two teams each had a different focus, though, so there wasn’t a great deal of competition for the territory they had carved out.
Mar 15, 2014 · The Black Fives were African-American basketball teams that played in America before the NBA was integrated in 1950. Their lost history is making a comeback.
