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BLAC Golf · A Collection

Hallowed Ground: The Historic Courses

The courses Black golfers built, owned, and defended when the game shut its doors.

Place · historic_course · East Canton, OH

Clearview Golf Club

Bill Powell seeded these fairways by hand after WWII.

Place · historic_course · Scotch Plains, NJ

Shady Rest Golf & Country Club

America's first Black-owned country club — John Shippen's professional home.

Place · historic_course · Washington, DC

Langston Golf Course

The capital's home of Black golf since 1939.

Place · historic_course · Huntington Woods, MI

Rackham Golf Course

Where Joe Louis played — and bankrolled Black professional golf.

Place · historic_course · Detroit, MI

Palmer Park Golf Course

The heart of Detroit's Black golf community for generations.

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