| LC control no. | no 99016874 |
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| Corporate name heading | New York Renaissance (Basketball team) |
| Variant(s) | Renaissance (Basketball team) New York Rens (Basketball team) Rens (Basketball team) New York Renaissance Five (Basketball team) Original Renaissance Five (Basketball team) |
| Found in | The New York Renaissance professional black basketball team, 1923-1950, 1996: p. 1, etc. (professional black-owned, all-black basketball team; played first game Nov. 3, 1923; named the New York Renaissance after the Renaissance Casino in Harlem, New York in return for practice and playing space; the team shortened the name to the "Rens"; also called the New York Rens; the New York Renaissance Five; the Renaissance; the team played its last game Mar. 31, 1949; in May of 1949, the Rens became a secondary team to the Harlem Globetrotters; after integration of professional basketball, the Rens were reorganized as the "Original Renaissance Five" and played in and around New York City from Fall 1952-mid-1950s) |
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