Today in 1923, the New York Rens® basketball team was the first all-black professional African-American owned basketball team. By 1924-25 the “Rens” had won the first of many Colored Basketball World Championships and thereafter proceeded to dominate not just black basketball, but all of basketball for the next 25 years.
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Black History: 1st Black Pro basketball team -- "The Renaissance"
Today in 1923, the New York Rens® basketball team was the first all-black professional African-American owned basketball team. By 1924-25 the “Rens” had won the first of many Colored Basketball World Championships and thereafter proceeded to dominate not just black basketball, but all of basketball for the next 25 years.
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