In Harlem, cricket was a game almost exclusively played by West Indian immigrants. The game had a prominent place in…
In summer, day trips to destinations near Harlem became part of residents’ leisure. Social clubs gave up their weekly gatherings…
Until the mid-1920s, Harlem’s children went to summer camps organized by the city’s Fresh Air Fund (FAF) and other groups…
Harlem’s leaders lobbied for playgrounds to protect “children of school age, whose parents are away from home all day by…
In 1911, Harlem gained its own black professional baseball team, the Lincoln Giants. The white brothers, Edward and Jess McMahon,…
Sports loomed large among the entertainments patronized by Harlem’s residents in the 1920s. Basketball occupied the most prominent place. Romeo…
