NPR did a report on the Harlem Rens, who used to play basketball in the legendary Renaissance Ballroom. You can listen to the report on NPR’s website:
The Harlem Renaissance wasn’t just a literary movement. It was also the name of a famous ballroom in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood: the Renaissance Casino and Ballroom.
The venue boasted a huge dance floor that played host to parties and a famous basketball team: the Harlem Rens, the first all-black basketball team to win a world championship.
Source: NPR (listen to this feature
after 7:30 p.m. today)
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Posted on January 30, 2007 by D. Bell