WASHINGTON — The University of the District of Columbia announced that it will rename its sports complex after Dr. Edwin B. Henderson, also known as the “father of Black basketball”.

Henderson graduated from Miner Teachers College, UDC’s predecessor school, in 1904. He went on to have a long career with the Department of Physical Education for the District of Columbia’s segregated Black schools. During his tenure, Henderson introduced the game of basketball on a large scale to African Americans in the District, earning him his nickname.

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