FDR, the New York Rens and Guess Who Else is Involved

Claude Johnson, a man with a heart as big as his passion and reverence for pre-NBA basketball, sent this note: Tying in to tonight’s Presidential State of the Union, please check out this rare 1941 game ticket for a pro basketball doubleheader featuring the all-black New York Rens, to celebrate F.D.R.’s birthday and benefit the Infantile Paralysis Fund — a historical artifact from the Black Fives Era: Presidential Politics and Basketball, 1941 Style