Black Fives® are dozens of African American basketball teams that played before the racial integration of the N.B.A., from 1904 through 1950.
At BlackFives.com, you Make History Now™ by joining us in bringing these stories back to life, in ways that are relevant today!
“Fives” referred to the five starting players on a basketball team. All-black teams were often known as colored quints, Negro cagers, or “black fives.”
This period in sports history is known as the Black Fives Era®.
BlackFives.com (Black Fives, Inc.) is the world’s leading steward and resource for the history of the Black Fives Era of basketball.
The Black Fives Blog
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The Black Fives Blog combines the history and the lessons of these pioneers with modern popular topics to engage, teach, enlighten, and inspire all kinds of people in meaningful ways today. The Black Fives Blog helps you “Make history now!”
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Through research, preservation, promotion, and education, we share the stories and experiences of the pioneers and teams that paved the way for the players and the game as we know it today!
These pioneers were our on-court ancestors; they make up our basketball family tree!
The rules of basketball are different today, and so is society, but the faces haven’t changed. This is our history!
Find out more! Look around!
Start with the trivia section. Or with the team profiles. Or go right to the players‘ section for brief biographies about the stars.
Don’t forget the off-court contributions of coaches, business people, clergy, journalists, and community leaders!
And remember to check out what was happening in the broader scope of black culture and society as a whole!
Or you might simply want to savor our vintage-inspired merchandise!
Meanwhile, thank you very much for your interest in Black Fives!
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