Gaping cracks filled in by dirt and weeds cover the east-facing tennis courts at the Chicago Prairie Tennis Club in Bronzeville, but the Chicago Prairie Tennis…
The club is aiming to restore courts in Bronzeville that were originally built to give Black players a safe space to play in the early 20th centuryGaping cracks filled in by dirt and weeds cover the east-facing tennis courts at the Chicago Prairie Tennis Club in Bronzeville, but the Chicago Prairie Tennis Club is aiming to change that.The damage and deterioration have left the club struggling to grow its mission of encouraging young Chicagoans to pick up rackets.
Olympian Evita Griskenas asked to do gymnastics at age 4- just not the kind her mother signed her up for“I was like, ‘oh tennis courts that we can go on?’” she said, of learning of the club for Black players.Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly“Of course she went on to fame, played for Northwestern and then she went pro,” Searles explained of Adams.
“We could have functions and a junior development program,” former president Ronald Mitchell said. “We could have adults out here in the evening. Right now, it’s like trying to cook soup without a pan.”
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