🚨🚨🚨𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑹𝑬𝑵𝑨𝑰𝑺𝑺𝑨𝑵𝑪𝑬 𝑻𝑬𝑨𝑴🚨🚨🚨

Established Feb,13 1923

Back in the 1920's when people of "color couldn't play with "whites, the 'Harlem Rens' were formed and became the first all-black professional basketball team to pave the way and change history. When the NBA was created, it was segregated, and these players helped to permanently change that. Also referred to as the 'New York Rens' and the 'Renaissance Big Five, the team was established on February. 13, 1923, when their manager and owner Robert Douglas struck an agreement with Harlem real estate developer William Roach, who owned the New Renaissance Ballroom and Casino. The Ballroom became Rens' home court, Â located on 138th Street and Seventh Avenue. The Rens were a dominating force to be reckoned with throughout the 1920's and 30's. Their first game was played in November, where they faced an all-white team, drawing a massive crowd and attention. Two years later on Dec. 20, 1925, the Rens beat the original Boston Celtics and claimed the title of world champs. During the 1932-33 season, they held an astonishing record of 120-8, as they won 88 consecutive games, a record still unbeaten today.