In 1930, a 6-ft. 7-in. black female basketball player was a rare sight. That is, everywhere but on the South Side of Chicago, where the Club Store Coeds, a.k.a. Chocolate Coeds played.
Death By Chocolate Coeds
They were pretty. They were magnificent. They were the Chicago Roamers, a.k.a. the Roamer Girls, a great African American womens basketball team you probably never heard of until now.
There were dozens of African American female basketball teams that played during the pre-NBA racially segregated Black Fives Era.
December is reserved for honoring the history of female Black Fives Era basketball teams like the New York Girls and many others.
A list of once-politically correct, historically accurate terms for African American female basketball teams and players.