Scholars’ Hub @ Home | Dancin’ Feet: Harlem and basketball in the 1920-30s

Dr. Danielle Howard, assistant professor in the Department of Theatre at the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design

The New York Renaissance basketball team, an all-Black professional team, emerged within the social and cultural movement known as the Harlem Renaissance. Playing basketball during the epicenter of Black entertainment, this talk highlights a history of Black basketball players who used their bodies to orient themselves toward freedom and secure a cultural legacy.

Register: https://bit.ly/3ofoF67