# @rhodeislandfc on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CpD4NbTtI81
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/20308541-rhodeislandfc-instagram
- **Posted:** 2023-02-24T21:49:27.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Rhode Island FC (@RhodeIslandFC) — https://gondola.cc/RhodeIslandFC

## Caption

Black history made in Rhode Island. Oliver and Fred Watson, the earliest known African American soccer players in the US, played for the Pawtucket YMCA as early as 1894.

Research from Ed Farnsworth and Brian D. Bunk of the Society for American Soccer History. #bhm #blackhistorymonth #rihistory #rhodeislandhistory

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## Tags

bhm, rhodeislandhistory, rihistory, blackhistorymonth

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