February 17, 2011 6:46 pm

Celebrating Black History: The Father of Black Basketball

Before Kobe Bryant led the Lakers to five championships, before Michael Jordan carried the Bulls to six rings, there was Edwin Bancroft Henderson and the YMCA 12th Streeters in NW Washington. He led his team undefeated to the 1910 World Colored Championship in the True Reformers building. But that’s not the only title he won; Henderson is credited as the Father of Black Basketball.

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