During the 1910s, a Lower East Side basketball coach brought Jewish Americans and African Americans together in the sport for the first time. Who was he? What did he do? Was he Jewish?
The Original Nexus of Blacks and Jews in Basketball (Parts 8-9 of 9)
Since the motto of the 2012 Olympic Games is “Inspire A Generation,” it’s appropriate to reserve some U.S.A. shout outs for early African American athletic club pioneers who, generations ago, helped make today’s successes possible.
During each December, celebrate the history of African American women who were pioneers in basketball!
The very first indoor tennis match involving African Americans took place at a tennis-basketball doubleheader in Harlem in 1914.