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The first all-Black professional basketball team was organized on Feb. 13, 1923.

The New York Renaissance, commonly called the Rens, become one of the dominant teams of the 1920s and 1930s. The team's founder was Robert L. Douglas, whose primary objective was to give New York City's male, Black athletes opportunities to better themselves. In February 1923, Douglas struck an agreement with William Roach, a Harlem-based real estate developer who owned the New Renaissance Ballroom and Casino, and the Rens were born.

With Black players barred from professional basketball leagues, the Rens barnstormed throughout the country, often competing against all-white teams.

"This fast life soon shatters, 'cause after all the lights and screams, nothing but my dreams matter."

MALAWI'S 🇲🇼 RASTA KIDS ‘UNBANNED’

Good news for Malawi's 🇲🇼 Rastafarian children, a ban on dreadlocks in school has been lifted, meaning over a thousand children entitled to free primary schooling will now be able to get it. Unfortunately, that’s little comfort to the children who have already lost out and now have limited opportunities - all because they stayed true to their religion, which says hair is sacred. Will the Malawi government now compensate or otherwise assist this lost generation? By recognising that the ban was unconstitutional, Malawi ought also to recognise that it owes these children, many grown up already, a helping hand.