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New York (Harlem) Rens : Vintage photographs and customizable photo-products relating to the New York Renaissance ('Rens') all-black professional basketball team.

New York (Harlem) Rens

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Players : Vintage photographs and customizable photo-products relating to the players from the all-black professional, semi-pro, and amateur basketball teams of the racially segregated Black Fives Era.

Contributors : Vintage photographs and customizable photo-products relating to the pioneers whose off-court contributions helped the growth of the Black Fives Era of basketball.

Logos : Images and customizable photo-products with vintage logos from all-black basketball teams of the Black Fives Era.

Culture : Vintage photographs and customizable photo-products capturing the context of African American culture and everyday life surrounding the Black Fives Era of basketball. More to come!

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New York Renaissance Big 'R' Five, circa 1928. Left to right: Clarence 'Fats' Jenkins, Georgie Fiall, James 'Pappy' Ricks, Harold Mayers, Eiyre Saitch, Hilton 'Kid' Slocum, William 'Longie' Sanders.

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New York Renaissance ('Rens') player Zachariah 'Zack' Clayton.

This photograph of New York Renaissance basketball star Zack Clayton is one of the best full-uniform views- and perhaps the only fully colorized image of a Rens player known to exist.

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New York Renaissance ('Rens') team with inset of Rens owner Robert 'Bob' Douglas, circa 1933. Left to right: Clarence 'Fats' Jenkins, Bill Yancey, John Holt, James 'Pappy' Ricks, Eiyre Saitch, Charles 'Tarzan' Cooper, William 'Wee Willie' Smith.

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New York Renaissance ('Rens') team photo on scorecard from the 1948 World Pro Basketball Championship Tournament program. This was the tenth and final World Pro Tournament. Standing, left to right: William 'Dolly' King, George Crowe, Nathaniel 'Sweetwater' Clifton, Jim Usry, William 'Pop' Gates. Kneeling, left to right: Tom Sealy, Roscoe 'Duke' Cumberland, Robert 'Sonny' Wood, Eddie 'The Eel' Younger.

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Basketball star Jackie Robinson of the University of California Los Angeles plays against University of California. Robinson would soon play pro basketball with the racially mixed Los Angeles Red Devils professional basketball team.

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Buxton Five all-black basketball team of Buxton, Iowa, circa 1913.

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