In April, 1912 the Twelfth Street Colored Y.M.C.A. of Washington, D.C. opened. Here’s some more about this landmark building in Part II of a series.
Twelfth Street Colored Y.M.C.A. Of Washington, D.C., Part II
If you hate the N.B.A.’s dress code on shorts, at least consider that you didn’t have to wear these.
The New York All Stars were the first African American basketball team to play the sport for financial gain.
Monticello Athletic Association’s black national basketball championship in 1912 paved the way for other African American teams, by showing that determined teams from any city could win.
December 18 is the anniversary (1908) of the first inter-city game between two African American basketball teams.
Everyone wants to make history. But few realize that to make history you have to start by making history right now, every day, one moment at a time. The best way to do that is to think about it. All the time. By asking yourself, how I’m making the most out of this moment? What… Read more »
In 1974, when Grandpa was inducted into the Black Athletes Hall of Fame in New York, in it’s inaugural class alongside the likes of Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, Joe Louis, and Bill Russell, I was so proud beyond compare.
James “Big Jim” Dorsey, a tall 15-year-old African American janitor from the North Side section of Pittsburgh, single-handedly influenced black basketball in the early 1900s.