George Crowe, Part 3: A Life In The Right Place At The Right Time

On April 24, 2009, in Culture, Family, History, International, Premium, Race, by Black Fives

Part 3 of a multi-part series on George Crowe, the last living New York (Harlem) Rens player, covers his stellar collegiate career and military experiences.

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George Crowe, Part 2: A Life In The Right Place At The Right Time

On April 2, 2009, in Culture, History, Politics, Premium, Race, Relationships, by Black Fives

In 1939, Indiana high school basketball star George Crowe was involved in a race-related controversy — not his own doing — that received widespread newspaper coverage at the time but has been lost in history since, buried so deeply that even Crowe himself, today, can’t recall there was ever any fuss. But there was. And it revealed the ahead-of-its-time greatness of Indiana.

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George Crowe, Part 1: A Life In The Right Place At The Right Time

On March 26, 2009, in Culture, Family, History, Premium, Race, Relationships, by Black Fives

Part I of a multi-part series on George Crowe, the last living Harlem Rens player, covers his Indiana schoolboy basketball career.

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Happy Birthday To George Crowe, Last Survivor Of Legendary Harlem Rens Basketball Team

On March 20, 2009, in Basic, Culture, History, NBA, Race, by Claude Johnson

Please join me in wishing a Happy Birthday to George Crowe, the last surviving member of the New York Renaissance professional basketball team. Crowe turns 88 years old this weekend.

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Iowa Colored Ghosts Play In Sparks Soon

On March 16, 2009, in Culture, History, Humor, Premium, Race, by Black Fives

This was part of the evolutionary process of basketball and it’s how many players made a decent living — it wasn’t much, and it wasn’t the big time, but at least they were playing the game they loved to play.

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