Ghetto Basketball Finest Player of Each Year Award

Object Details

Date
1975-1980
Medium
brass, wood, metal
Dimensions
17 1/2 × 9 in. (44.5 × 22.9 cm)
Cite As
Gift of the Pierce Family
Caption
This trophy was awarded to the Finest Player of the Ghetto Invitational tournament of Washington, D.C. The basketball tournament was organized by the Ontario Lakers youth club founder Walter C. Pierce, hosted at Gonzaga High School and promoted the unity of urban youth sports teams. The Ghetto Invitational Tournament took ownership of a label that was otherwise imposed upon inner-city neighborhoods and sought to celebrate the talents of young athletes. These trophies were often the biggest expense in such tournaments, at times leaving Pierce in debt. However, the trophy and the tournament had the invaluable effect of instilling a sense of pride in young African American athletes and children in underrepresented communities, ‘as a sample of excellence’ that was in no shortage in the inner city.
Accession Number
2017.18.5
Type
trophy
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Anacostia Community Museum Collection
Data Source
Anacostia Community Museum
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dl844aaee54-1419-4181-adc0-f92fb5cb5d3c
Record ID
acm_2017.18.5
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