This Black Social History is design for the education of all races about Black People Contribution to world history over the past centuries, even though its well hidden from the masses so that our children dont even know the relationship between Black People and the wealth of their history in terms of what we have contributed to make this world a better place for all.
Sunday, 17 February 2013
BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : BLACK TENNIS PLAYERS THEIR EARLY AND CURRENT ERA :
I was unaware the a break through moment happen in 1898 when Blacks began to have inter-club matches with rival black clubs in New York, Philadelphia and a variety of Eastern Sea board cities. The rivalries at this time consist of Black Collegiate players and it was a way foe tennis players to net work with each other so the early days of black tennis history was mostly for the tennis player who attended college. A significant moment in history occurred in 1940 when Don Budge the number one player in the world played an exhibition match against Jimmy Mcdaniels, it was a history making event because it featured two number one players.
Mr Mcdaniels was the number one black tennis player in the world It drew a crowd of over 2000 spectators jammed into the Cosmopolitan Tennis club in Harlem, New York. Even though Mr Mcdaniels lost the match, it was a victory for Black Tennis because Mr Budge took a stand in support of Equal Opportunity for Black Tennis players.
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