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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