{"id":18,"date":"2015-02-09T16:12:46","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T16:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gildedageincolor.com\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2015-03-07T20:17:29","modified_gmt":"2015-03-07T20:17:29","slug":"play","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/riblackheritage.org\/_restores\/gildedageincolor\/wordpress\/?page_id=18","title":{"rendered":"Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Gilded Age Newport was known as a summer playground for the well to do, middle and upper class African heritage families would also travel to the seaside community to take part in the many recreational activities of the day including walking on Cliff Walk, strolling along Bellevue Avenue, fishing on Ocean Drive and bathing at Easton\u2019s Beach.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg_displayed_gallery mceItem\" src=\"https:\/\/riblackheritage.org\/_restores\/gildedageincolor\/wordpress\/index.php\/nextgen-attach_to_post\/preview\/id--466\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-367\" src=\"https:\/\/riblackheritage.org\/_restores\/gildedageincolor\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Tennis_Racket_Feltham.-120x300.jpg\" alt=\"Tennis_Racket,_Feltham.\" width=\"120\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riblackheritage.org\/_restores\/gildedageincolor\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Tennis_Racket_Feltham.-120x300.jpg 120w, https:\/\/riblackheritage.org\/_restores\/gildedageincolor\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Tennis_Racket_Feltham..jpg 399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/riblackheritage.org\/_restores\/gildedageincolor\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Tennis_artc.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-368 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/riblackheritage.org\/_restores\/gildedageincolor\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Tennis_artc-129x300.gif\" alt=\"Tennis_artc\" width=\"129\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Tennis was one of many popular sports to watch and take part in during Newport&#8217;s Gilded age. Not to be left out of\u00a0the fun, the African American churches, led by Mt. Olivet Church, came together to promote tennis for their young children.<\/p>\n<p>By 1927, there was a regulation<br \/>\nsize tennis court in the backyard of<br \/>\nthe Mt. Olivet Baptist Church on\u000bThames Street.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cOld Hometown Tennis Club\u201d was formed including annual tournaments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Gilded Age Newport was known as a summer playground for the well to do, middle and upper class African heritage families would also travel to the seaside community to take part in the many recreational activities of the day including walking on Cliff Walk, strolling along Bellevue Avenue, fishing on Ocean Drive and bathing &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/riblackheritage.org\/_restores\/gildedageincolor\/wordpress\/?page_id=18\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Play&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riblackheritage.org\/_restores\/gildedageincolor\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riblackheritage.org\/_restores\/gildedageincolor\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riblackheritage.org\/_restores\/gildedageincolor\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riblackheritage.org\/_restores\/gildedageincolor\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riblackheritage.org\/_restores\/gildedageincolor\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/riblackheritage.org\/_restores\/gildedageincolor\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":469,"href":"https:\/\/riblackheritage.org\/_restores\/gildedageincolor\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions\/469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riblackheritage.org\/_restores\/gildedageincolor\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}