Rough Notes: A Juneteenth Tribute
Celebrating Black women of the San Francisco Pioneers.
Anita Ortega. Cardtie Hicks. Musiette McKinney. Anna Johnson. Gerry Booker. Roberta Williams.
These are just some of the talented Black women who played for the San Francisco Pioneers between 1979-81, part of the first pro women’s basketball league in the United States, known as the WBL. Decades before the Golden State Valkyries, these women made history…
