December Declared Black Women’s Basketball History Month
The New York Girls, first independent all-black female basketball team, 1910.
Today, December 3, 2007 at 5:59 a.m., Black Fives hereby declares December as Black Women’s Basketball History Month.
All month long (and beyond), we will be honored to do posts about the history of female Black Fives Era basketball teams like the New York Girls and many others.
The post was done at 5:59 a.m. this morning, in order to take priority in the universe over Don Imus, who went back on the air at 6:00 a.m. today.
We do believe that a mistake is not nearly as important as what one does after a mistake. We believe it’s their actions in the aftermath that define a person.
Please stay tuned in.
Meanwhile, please check out our related post: Top 10 Terms Imus Could Have Used Instead.
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i need to find info on the Jersey Girls, please.
Claude,
I have been trying to find The Jersey Girls, sister team to the Independent Pleasure Club of Orange, New Jersey. As part of our towns history we are attempting to research it’s African American history. Since I found this site and ordered my jerseys I can’t stay away. What you are doing is truly a blessing to us all.
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andre:
There’s a section on the Tribune Girls in the book Sky Kings. My grandmother played tennis against their star, Ora Washington.
Bijan, I linked your book so people could go buy it! People! Go buy it!
Women’s College bball is definitely more popular (from my perspective), than the WNBA – on many levels, I think the NCAA does a much better job of promoting women’s basketball, at least major D1 teams, than the NBA/WNBA does in promoting their teams/the league. There are many more factors that contributes to the lack of popularity of the WNBA – too many to outline here I’m afraid …
Big ups to Black Fives for making visible the history of black women’s basketball/players!
Hey Andre hang in there because we are going to profile them here this month. Thanks.
Claire, don’t you think the excitement and attention have been on college women’s basketball, rather than the WNBA, with teams like Tennessee, UConn, Rutgers, and others getting big coverage the last few years?
A few years back when the WNBA was launched – I guess it’s been a dozen or maybe more – there was a lot of attention and publicity around women’s BB teams. It seems like we don’t hear much about any of the teams or players any more. I live in DC, but I can’t remember the last time I heard anything about the Mystics in the news. The Wizards aren’t headlining, but I still hear about them. What’s hapenning with women’s BB?
I have been trying to find some information on the Philadelphia Tribune Girls for some time, with little success. If you can find something, I, for one, will be grateful.
Love your site, keep up the good work.
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