Edwin B. Henderson

NBC4 Washington: The Father of Black Basketball (VIDEO)

On February 18, 2011, in Children, Community, Culture, Goodwill, History, Race, Video, by Black Fives

NBC4 in Washington, D.C. is airing this television segment celebrating the contributions of Black Fives Era basketball pioneer and contributor Edwin Bancroft Henderson.

Edwin Henderson

On April 16, 2009, in , by Black Fives

Edwin B. Henderson was the first to introduce basketball to African Americans on a wide scale organized basis, becoming known as the “Father of Black Basketball.”

Smithsonian Exhibit: The Scurlock Studio And Black Washington

On March 30, 2009, in Basic, Books, Culture, History, Race, Women, by Black Fives

I recently visited the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. to check out a new exhibit there called The Scurlock Studio And Black Washington: Picturing The Promise.

On March 10, 2009, in , by Black Fives

Edwin Bancroft Henderson was the man who, as a gym teacher in Washington, D.C. in 1904, became the first to introduce basketball to African Americans on a wide-scale organized basis. He is an unsung pioneer in the Black Fives Era who had many distinguished accomplishments in a lifelong career dedicated to the advancement of physical [...]

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