Upcoming Dates
- June 13
Book Talk by Claude JohnsonClaude Johnson, founder/CEO of BlackFives.com, will discuss his new book, "Black Fives: The Alpha Physical Culture Club's Pioneering African American Basketball Team, 1904-1923" followed by Q/A and book signing.
Quote of the Month
“We were helping our race by fortifying the bodies of our people in this, the struggle for existence, where only the fittest survive.”
-- Conrad Norman, Co-Founder, Alpha Physical Culture Club, 1910
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It reminds me of the Rozier Hansborough Center, also known as the “BathHouse” on 134th street in Harlem. If you run around that banked track in the same direction for too long, you’ll develop a curvature of the spine. Such close quarters….check out how the top of the key is literally tangent to the half court circle.
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… and speaking of running tracks, did you note the double decker track here, which was rare even back in those days?
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[...] of the date (November 22, 1908) that President Theodore Roosevelt laid the cornerstone of the Twelfth Street Colored Y.M.C.A. Branch building in Washington, [...]
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[...] a special ceremony tomorrow (Saturday, February 7) the historic Twelfth Street Colored Y.M.C.A. building in Washington, D.C. will unseal the contents of the more than 100 year old time capsule contained [...]
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