Category : Sports
New York Renaissance ‘Rens’
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The New York Rens were the first all-black fully professional African-American-owned basketball team, formed in Harlem in 1923. That year, basketball manager Robert “Bob” Douglas...
John Henry Lloyd
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Generally considered to be one of the top shortstops in Negro League history, Pop Lloyd enjoyed a 25-year career in which he regularly batted well...
Monte Irvin
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Monte Irvin was not the first African-American player in the modern major leagues, but of all the talented players who made the perilous trip from...
Smokey Joe Williams
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“If you have ever witnessed the speed of a pebble in a storm, you have not even then seen the equal of the speed possessed...
Chicago American Giants
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The team was organized by Rube Foster, known as the father of Negro League Baseball, who was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame...
Elston Howard
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Elston Howard, in full Elston Gene Howard, (born February 23, 1929, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.—died December 14, 1980, New York, New York), an American baseball player who was...
J.L. Wilkinson
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A white businessman, he pioneered black baseball as the founder and owner of the Kansas City Monarchs, directing the team’s destiny from the team’s entry...
Birmingham Black Barons
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Except for 1926, when they played in the Negro Southern League, the Black Barons were members of the Negro National League from 1924 through 1930;...
Kansas City Monarchs
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Owned by J.L. Wilkinson, a white businessman, the Monarchs were one of the best known and most successful black teams. The Monarchs captured a total of...