Anna Jackson Smith papers, 1929-1998.

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Anna Jackson Smith papers, 1929-1998.

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The Anna Jackson Smith Papers focus on Smith's athletic achievements at East Rutherford High School in the late 1920s until her graduation in 1931. Included is Smith's 1931 yearbook as well as her scrapbook containing news clippings detailing her accomplishments in sports, principally in basketball. The papers also contain her high school diploma and other certificates, and documents discussing her induction into the Wildcat Athletic Hall of Fame, Borough of Carlstadt, New Jersey in 1984, and subsequent dinners honoring the girls' basketball teams from 1926-1933.

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Henry P. Becton Regional High School (East Rutherford, N.J.)

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Smith, Anna Jackson, 1913-1998

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Born Anna Jackson in 1913, Anna Jackson Smith attended East Rutherford High School in New Jersey where she distinguished herself on the "Wonder-Girls" Basketball Team of the late 20s and early 30s as the team's center. The team amassed 104 consecutive victories over a seven-year span, a nationwide record, until 1933 when the Board of Education banned competitive sports for girls. Smith was the only African American on the team, and also participated in track, volleyball, baseball, and varsity. A...