The Smart Set Athletic Club used the old 14th Regiment Armory in Brooklyn as its home court for basketball during the 1910s. The 14th Regiment Armory in Brooklyn opened in 1895.
This month, 96 years ago (April, 1912), the Twelfth Street Colored Y.M.C.A. of Washington, D.C. opened. Here’s some more about this landmark building. But first, some background. In 1853, ex-slave Anthony Bowen founded the first Colored Y.M.C.A. in Washington, D.C. It was Colored because the Y organization knew about the segregationist views of most Americans [...]
One of the most beautiful vintage gymnasiums on the planet is at the old Twelfth Street Colored Y.M.C.A. in Washington, D.C.
A week ago I was in Falls Church, Virginia attending the 3rd Annual Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation’s Black History Month Celebration, Celebrity Basketball Game, and Awards Ceremony. I was invited down to participate in the panel discussion, and to receive that foundation’s Living Legacy Award. This award is in recognition of contributions and devotion in [...]
When 93-year-old James Henderson ran into soon-to-be 93-year-old John Isaacs last Friday in Falls Church, Virginia, the trash talking began instantly.
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