Claude Johnson shared with students and community members the history of the Black Fives Era, seeking to widen the appreciation of these pioneers of basketball.

The photo exhibit we staged to benefit the Black Fives Community Fund was a wonderful success, proving it’s still possible to create something from nothing.

A unique photo exhibit helps grow the new Black Fives Community Fund, which benefits the neighborhoods where original Black Fives basketball teams once played.

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.

The Black Fives Community Fund benefits social, educational, cultural, and civic improvement in neighborhoods where teams of the Black Fives Era once played.

According to Ralph Waldo Emerson, anyone can be a genius if they believe that what is true for them in their own private hearts is true for all men.

Crowe, a handsome former pro basketball and pro baseball star who looks much younger than his 88 years of age, still strikes a chord though a man of few words.

A new (free!) series of brief daily inspirational messages, motivational tips, and consciousness reminders by Claude Johnson, founder and president of Black Fives, Inc.

A quick poll: Which is longer, the list of what you don’t have in your life, or the list of what you do have?

Half-apologies are worse than no apology at all because they leave the residue of unresolved negative emotions. With no apology you can at least still seek one.