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  2. 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 ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia

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    Former BHMVA location on 00 Clay Street, Richmond. The Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia was founded by Carroll Anderson Sr. and opened to the public at 00 Clay Street in 1988, [1] [4] followed by a move in 2016 to 122 West Leigh Street. [5] It is in a two-story building, and spans 12,000 square feet in size. [6]

  5. There were the Negro Leagues, and then there were the Black Fives

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  6. Robins Center - Wikipedia

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    The Robins Center is a 7,201-seat multi-purpose arena in Richmond, Virginia. Opened in 1972, the arena is home to the University of Richmond Spiders basketball . It hosted the ECAC South (now known as the Colonial Athletic Association ) men's basketball tournament in 1983.

  7. 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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  9. The New York Rens: How the first Black-owned pro basketball ...

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    History indeed can repeat itself. Lord knows we’re seeing that again in Black America’s back-and-forth battle against racism. But for The post The New York Rens: How the first Black-owned pro ...