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First African American Professional Basket Ball Team

By The Black Wall St Times on February 13, 2018

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 made a deal with Harlem real estate developer William Roach, the owner of the new Renaissance Ballroom and Casino.

America’s Crossroads, Dreams Deferred

By The Black Wall St Times on September 11, 2017

What will become of the country that allegedly “shines on a hill” as a beacon for those wondering in an ocean of solitude sogged from the political oppression they experienced in their home countries?