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  2. Smart Set Athletic Club - Wikipedia

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    Founded in 1904, the Smart Set Athletic Club is credited with assembling the first formal fully independent African-American basketball team. [2] The team debuted in 1907. The Smart Set Athletic Club team was also a founding member of the Olympian Athletic League , along with the Alpha Physical Culture Club, the Marathon Athletic Club of ...

  3. Black Fives - Wikipedia

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    The Black Fives Foundation (founded in January 2013) [18] is an independent 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to research, preserve, showcase, teach, and honor the pre-NBA history of African Americans in basketball. Its founder and executive director is Claude Johnson, historian and author of “The Black Fives: The Epic Story of ...

  4. History of basketball - Wikipedia

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    Dozens of all-black teams emerged during the Black Fives Era, in New York City, Washington, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Cleveland, and other cities. The Smart Set Athletic Club of Brooklyn and the St. Christopher Club of New York City were established as the first fully organized independent all-black basketball teams in 1906.

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  6. Sports in Pittsburgh - Wikipedia

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    American Basketball Association: Pittsburgh Civic Arena: 1967–68: 1970–72: 1967–68: Folded Pittsburgh Piranhas: basketball: Continental Basketball Association: A.J. Palumbo Center: 1994-95: 1994-95: Folded Pittsburgh Pirates: ice hockey: National Hockey League: Duquesne Gardens: 1925-26: 1929–1930: Relocated to Philadelphia: Pittsburgh ...

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  8. Edwin Henderson - Wikipedia

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    Edwin Bancroft Henderson (November 24, 1883 – February 3, 1977), was an American educator and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) pioneer. . The "Father of Black Basketball", [1] introduced basketball to African Americans in Washington, D.C., in 1904, and was Washington's first male African American physical education teacher (and possibly the first in the countr

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