Edwin B. Henderson — a Black Fives Era pioneer who is known as the “Grandfather of Black Basketball” — has been elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame! He is “unsung” no more.
Edwin B. Henderson Elected To Basketball Hall Of Fame!
In 1904, Edwin B. Henderson attended Harvard University’s Summer School of Arts and Sciences to learn the game of basketball. The rest is history.
The roots of the black basketball trace back to the Hemenway Gymnasium on the campus of Harvard University.