Sport in the Harlem Renaissance

Sports In The Harlem Renaissance

A Tribute To The Harlem RenaissanceBallin Outrageously!

Harlem Globetrotter's

• Created by Adb Saperstein 1926 in ChicagoIllions, the team adopted the name Harlem

because of its connotation as a major African American community. Over the years they have played more than 20,000 exhibition games in 118 Countries.

• After four decades of existence, the Globetrotters played their first "home" game in Harlem in 1968

James(Jesse) Cleveland-Owens

• Jesse Owen was originally born in Alabama but moved to Cleveland when his sister got traded to a new slave owner.

• Jesse Owens won 4 of the 5 gold medals in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany.

• Jesse Owens real name is James Cleveland-Owens he got the name Jesse from a elementary school teacher.

Jackie Robison

• In 1947 Jackie Robison broke the Baseball color barrier.

• Jackie Robinson was the first African-American Major League Baseball analyst and the first black vice president of a major American corporation.

• In 1947, Jackie won The Sporting News Rookie of the Year and the first MLB Rookie of the Year Award.

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