Jay-Z’s Link To Brooklyn’s Century-Old Black Basketball History

On September 29, 2011, in Business, Community, Culture, History, NBA, by Claude Johnson

Jay-Z’s co-ownership of the Brooklyn Nets reminds us of the Smart Set Athletic Club — America’s first all-black basketball team — whose players lived a short stroll away from the Marcy Housing Projects in Bedford-Stuyvesant where he grew up.

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R.I.P Lena Horne, She Was Connected To Black Fives Era Of Basketball

On May 10, 2010, in Culture, Film, History, Race, Relationships, Women, by Black Fives

Did you know that Lena Horne was the daughter of Edwin “Teddy” Horne, who played basketball for the Smart Set Athletic Club of Brooklyn?

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The First ‘Official’ All-Black Basketball Game Ever, in Brooklyn in 1907

On March 1, 2010, in Community, Culture, History, Premium, by Black Fives

Bushwick (Brooklyn) was the site of the very first recorded game between two all-black basketball teams, in 1907, at a court on the corner of Knickerbocker and Gates Avenues.

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Accooe Descendant’s Story Comes Full Circle In Harlem

On September 17, 2009, in Children, Community, Culture, Family, History, Premium, Relationships, Religion, by Black Fives

This story from a Black Fives Era descendant links the distant basketball past with the funeral of New York Renaissance star John Isaacs earlier this year.

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