Tag Archives: Wilt Chamberlain

The Reverend Al Sharpton: All Rev’d Up

Posted on March 24, 2012 by | 1 Comment

Born and raised in Brooklyn, and community office at the National Action Network (NAN) in Harlem, the Reverend Al Sharpton began preaching at age four. Continue reading →

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Big Wilt’s Small’s Paradise in Harlem, 1964

Posted on February 9, 2012 by | 26 Comments

Although Small’s Paradise is empty now, at 2294 H Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Boulevard, on the southwest corner of 135th Street, was Ed Small’s Paradise, one of Harlem’s most popular jazz clubs and restaurants from the 1920s to the 1940s. Continue reading →

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Harlem History: Small’s Paradise, 1925 (video)

Posted on September 23, 2011 by | 1 Comment

Opened in 1925 by Ed Small during a time of Prohibition, Small’s was a sort of hot and heavy speakeasy that downtowners in the know would come to for a night of Jazz, dancing and drink and played host to poets, artists, athletes, and entertainers from the. Continue reading →

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Harlem Globetrotters to retire No. 22

Posted on January 11, 2008 by | Leave a comment

Harlem Globetrotters to Retire the Jersey of the Legendary Curly Neal

The Harlem Globetrotters will retire Curly Neal’s No. 22 on Feb. 15 at Madison Square Garden.

Neal will be just the fifth Globetrotter in the team’s 82-year history to have his number retired, joining Wilt Chamberlain (13), Meadowlark Lemon (36), Marques Haynes (20) and Goose Tatum (50). Continue reading →

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