On this day the first black professional basketball team "The Renaissance" was organized. | NJ Resiliency Coalition | PACEsConnection
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Renaissance Hoops on Twitter: "8th Grade @madehoops Elite 8 RENS 67 Playaz 34 Moving on to the Final 4 tonight at 9 pm https://t.co/8haaoRiCsy" / Twitter
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On this day the first black professional basketball team "The Renaissance" was organized. | NJ Resiliency Coalition | PACEsConnection
CMPRadio.net - Did you know?! February 13, 1923 - The first black professional basketball team, "The Renaissance," was organized. The New York Rens were the first all-black fully professional African-American owned basketball
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The New-York Historical Society's exhibit “The Black Fives” highlights early black basketball stars. (Photos.)
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