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Happy Birthday Edwin ‘E.B.’ Henderson, Grandfather of Black Basketball

By Black Fives Foundation On November 28, 2007 · 13 Comments · In Books, Culture, Family, Politics, Race, Relationships
In 1974, when Grandpa was inducted into the Black Athletes Hall of Fame in New York, in it's inaugural class alongside the likes of Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, Joe Louis, and Bill Russell, I was so proud beyond compare.
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