Cleveland restores tennis courts named for Black trailblazer Jean Murrell Capers

• Capers was also the first African American woman to win the Greater Cleveland Tennis Championship, in 1938.

Between the lines: The courts have been used for years by the Forest City Tennis Club, the nation's oldest continuously operating Black tennis organization.

What they're saying: "We want residents to feel that their neighborhoods are not just remembered, but reinvested in, especially in places that carry this kind of deep cultural weight," said Mayor Justin Bibb's chief of staff, Bradford Davy, in the FCTC summer newsletter.

By the numbers: The city invested $1.5 million in federal stimulus funds to rebuild the courts, which had fallen into disrepair in recent years.

What's next: The courts will open to the public after the 79th Annual Tri-City Tennis Tournament Labor Day weekend.