CALIFORNIA
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LOS ANGELES RED DEVILS
Though little known today, the Los Angeles Red Devils were a unique,...
CONNECTICUT
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HARTFORD TIGERETTES
The Hartford Tigerettes, based in Hartford, Connecticut, were an African American women’s...
ILLINOIS
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CLUB STORE CO-EDS
The Club Store Co-Eds were a pioneering all-Black women’s basketball team formed...
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ROAMER GIRLS
The Roamer Athletic Club women’s basketball team, known as the Roamer Girls,...
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SAVOY BIG FIVE
Midway through the 1926-27 basketball season, on February 12, 1927, the dancehall...
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SAVOY COLTS
The Savoy Colts were an African American women’s basketball team organized in...
INDIANA
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SHORT'S CAFE FIVE
African American sports pioneers Ray and George Crowe of Franklin, Indiana rank...
NEW JERSEY
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INDEPENDENT PLEASURE CLUB
The Independent Pleasure Club was formed in 1908 in Orange, New Jersey...
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NEW JERSEY GIRLS
The New Jersey Girls were an African-American women’s basketball team formed in...
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OWL FIELD CLUB
The Owl Field Club, an all-Black athletic association, was founded in Newark,...
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VANDAL ATHLETIC CLUB
The Vandal Athletic Club was an African American organization formed in Atlantic...
NEW YORK
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ALPHA PHYSICAL CULTURE CLUB
The Alpha Physical Culture Club basketball team, known as the Alpha Big...
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MYSTERIOUS GIRLS ATHLETIC CLUB
The Mysterious Girls Athletic Club basketball team played during the late 1930s...
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NEW YORK INCORPORATORS
The New York Incorporators were a Harlem-based African-American basketball team that was...
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NEW YORK RENS
The New York Rens were the first Black-owned, all-Black, fully professional basketball...
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SMART SET ATHLETIC CLUB
The Smart Set Athletic Club of Brooklyn was founded in 1904 and...
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SPARTAN GIRLS
The Spartan Girls Athletic Club was organized in Brooklyn in 1910, and...
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ST. CHRISTOPHER CLUB
The St. Christopher Club was an African American basketball team that played...
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Younger Set
The Younger Set Club was an all-Black women’s social and athletic club...
NEBRASKA
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CUDAHY REX
During the 1930s and 40s, the Omaha-based Cudahy Packing Company was among...
OHIO
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CINCINNATI LION TAMERS
In 1924, DeHart Hubbard, a graduate of Walnut Hills High School in...
PENNSYLVANIA
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2ND STORY MORRY
The Second Story Morry basketball team, also known as the 2nd Story...
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GERMANTOWN HORNETS
The first Colored Branch of the entire Young Women’s Christian Association was...
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MONTICELLO ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
In 1911, Cumberland Posey formed an all-Black basketball team called the Monticello...
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PHILADELPHIA QUICK STEPPERS
The Philadelphia Quick Steppers were organized in the late 1920s in connection...
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PHILADELPHIA PANTHERS
The Philadelphia Panthers were an all-Black basketball team that played during the 1910s...
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PITTSBURGH SCHOLASTICS
The Scholastic Athletic Association, an African-American athletic club that included a basketball...
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TRIBUNE GIRLS
Originally known as the Philadelphia Quick Steppers, the Tribune Girls were organized...
WASHINGTON, D.C.
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WASHINGTON 12 STREETERS
The Washington 12 Streeters were one of America’s earliest all-Black basketball teams,...
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WASHINGTON BEARS
The Washington Bears, an all-Black professional basketball team, were organized in 1941...
WISCONSIN
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MILWAUKEE COLORED PANTHERS
The Milwaukee Colored Panthers were an African-American semi-professional basketball team that played...
