Posted by Black Fives in Basic, Community, Culture, History, Motivation, Press Release, tags: Black History Month, BlackFives.com, Claude Johnson, easton massachusetts, intercultural affairs, Massachusetts, Race, race relations in the united states, Stonehill College
Stonehill College will host Claude Johnson, founder and president of Black Fives, Inc., for a free public presentation and discussion on Thursday, Feb. 4 at 7 p.m.
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Posted by Black Fives in Basic, Business, Community, Culture, Gear, Goodwill, History, N.B.A., Race, tags: 100th anniversary, 12 Streeters, african americans, basketball league, basketball teams, Chris Huiswoud, David Aldridge, George Crowe, Harlem Rens, Los Angeles Red Devils, N.B.A., N.B.A., Negro Leagues, professional basketball
Did you see what “NBA-Insider” David Aldridge wrote about me and BlackFives.com in his column on NBA.com this week?
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Posted by Black Fives in Basic, Being, Community, Culture, Goodwill, tags: Black Fives Community Fund, Black Fives Era, Cos Cob, Garden Education Center, Garden of Eden, Greenwich, Photography, photomicrography, Pineatum, The Flower of Now
A unique photo exhibit helps grow the new Black Fives Community Fund, which benefits the neighborhoods where original Black Fives basketball teams once played.
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Posted by Black Fives in Basic, Being, Community, Culture, Goodwill, History, N.B.A., Race, Relationships, tags: Cincinnati Red, George Crowe, Harlem, Indiana, Los Angeles Red Devils, Major Leagues, Negro Leagues, New York Rens, St. Louis Cardinals
Today I heard from a friend of his, that George Crowe called to say he “feels he is dying.” Crowe is the last living former New York (Harlem) Rens player.
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Posted by Black Fives in Business, Community, Culture, Featured, History, Motivation, Music, N.B.A., Premium, Press Release, Race
One hundred years ago this October, in 1910, the first all-black play-for-pay team, the New York All Stars, were formed in New York City.
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Posted by Black Fives in Basic, Being, Community, Culture, Featured, Goodwill, Motivation, Press Release, Relationships, tags: achievement, Brooklyn, CFNCR, Chicago, Cleveland, community foundation, consciousness, D.C., donor advised fund, Harlem, Lessons, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh
The Black Fives Community Fund benefits social, educational, cultural, and civic improvement in neighborhoods where teams of the Black Fives Era once played.
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Posted by Black Fives in Children, Community, Culture, Family, N.B.A., Premium, Race, Relationships, tags: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, Black Fives Era, Boy Wonder, Hank DeZonie, Harlem Rens, John Isaacs, New York Renaissance
January is a difficult month for friends and fans of the New York “Rens” of Harlem, the all-black pro basketball team that played in 1920s, 30s, and 40s.
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Posted by Black Fives in Basic, Books, Community, Culture, History, Music, Race, tags: Converse, Heaven is a Playground, Manhattan, Rick Telander, SLAM
I was in Manhattan last week for Converse’s celebration of the 35th anniversary of Rick Telander’s playground basketball classic, Heaven is a Playground.
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Posted by Black Fives in Basic, Business, Community, History, Motivation, Press Release, Web 2.0, Women, tags: 1933, Business Accelerated, Ellen Jenkins Harris, Executive MBA, Fats Jenkins, Lubin School of Business, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, New York Rens, Pace University
Ellen Jenkins Harris, entrepreneur and daughter of New York Rens star Clarence ‘Fats’ Jenkins, joins Black Fives, Inc. as its newest Advisory Board member.
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Posted by Black Fives in Basic, Community, History, N.B.A., Race, tags: 1950, Boston, Celtics, Chuck Cooper Classic, Dukes, Duquesne, Dwele, Pittsburgh, PNC, Rex Rideout, Sean Jones, West Virginia State, Westinghouse
In 1950, Cooper, a Pittsburgh resident and Duquesne University graduate became the first African-American selected in the NBA Draft.
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