What Happened In Greenwich (Ct.), Ancestral Home Of Once Slave-Owning Bush Family?

On November 7, 2008, in Culture, Politics, Premium, Race, by Black Fives

In Greenwich, Ct. — the childhood home of President George Bush’s father and a long time Republican stronghold — President-elect Barack Obama won 18 of 21 voting districts and 53.8% of the total votes cast, to 46.2% for John McCain. It was the first time a Democrat had won Greenwich in a presidential election since [...]

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Basketball Traces Back To Hemenway Gymnasium In Boston (Part I)

On June 19, 2008, in History, Premium, by Black Fives

Basketball was in Boston long before the Celtics. Hemenway Gymnasium today. The roots of the sport (especially among black folks) trace back to the Hemenway Gymnasium on the campus of Harvard University, and a guy named Dudley Allen Sargent. I’d known about it but never seen the Hemenway Gym until I stumbled upon it this [...]

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