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Posted by Black Fives in Basic, Business, Culture, Family, Featured, History, N.B.A., Race, Relationships, tags: Claude Johnson, ESPN, Ferdinand Accooe, Harlem, John Isaacs, New York Knicks, New York Rens, Outside The Lines, Pop Gates, Ron Thomas, Satch Sanders, Sonny Woods, They Cleared The Lane, TJ Quinn
ESPN’s feature about the Black Fives Era was great for viewers, the network, descendants, historians, NBA players, and league execs; it raised awareness while increasing the audience for this topic.
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Posted by Black Fives in Business, Community, Culture, Featured, History, Motivation, Music, N.B.A., Premium, Press Release, Race, tags: 100th anniversary, Ferdinand Accooe, Major A. Hart, New York All Stars
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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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.
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Posted by Black Fives in Basic, Being, Community, Featured, Goodwill, Health, Motivation, tags: Black, Black Fives, Claude Johnson, Daily, History, Inspiration, Make History Now, Motivation, Thoughts
A new (free!) series of brief daily inspirational messages, motivational tips, and consciousness reminders by Claude Johnson, founder and president of Black Fives, Inc.
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Posted by Black Fives in Basic, Culture, Featured, Goodwill, Motivation, Relationships, tags: Affiliate Marketing, Affiliate Program, Black, Black Fives, Black Fives Affiliate Program, BlackFives.com, Commissions, Digital Products
Black Fives, Inc. now has an affiliate program! It’s the Black Fives Affiliate Program! It’s free, commissions are very generous, and signing up is easy!
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Posted by Black Fives in Children, Family, Featured, Goodwill, History, International, Politics, Premium, Race, Relationships, Religion, tags: Africa, Black, Chicago, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Act, Congo, Father Ted, History, IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency, Kinshasa, Leopoldville, Martin Luther King, Notre Dame, President Barack Obama, President Eisenhower, President Johnson, South Side, Theodore Hesburgh, University of Lovanium, Vienna
In 1961, during a summer job in Vienna, Austria, my father took pivotal advice from Father Theodore Hesburgh, now President Emeritus of the University of Notre Dame.
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Posted by Black Fives in Culture, Featured, History, Premium, Race, Relationships, Women, tags: African American, Ballard, Basketball, Black, Black Women's Basketball History Month, Golden Arrows, History, Teams, The White House, Vintage, Women's History Month
Just behold these vintage African American women’s basketball photographs, and the stories they tell.
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Posted by Black Fives in Culture, Featured, Film, History, Motivation, Politics, Premium, Race, Relationships, tags: 1939, African American, Barack Obama, Basketball, Birth Of A Nation, Black, Black Fives, Deepak Chopra, Definite Major Purpose, Dr. Michael Beckwith, enlightenment, Fundamentals, Harlem, Hill District, History, John Isaacs, Ku Klux Klan, Loendi Big Five, Marianne Williamson, Napoleon Hill, New York Renaissance, Pittsburgh, President Woodrow Wilson, St. Christopher, Teams, Think And Grow Rich, Wabash Outlaws, Washington Bears, World Pro Basketball Championship
Certainly, the re-birth of America has begun. President Obama has asked each of us to do our part, knowing it won’t be easy, saying, “the challenges we face are real, they are serious and they are many.” Surely, as we are re-born, the world “out there” will begin to look new to us. But, what about our inner world? Will each of us make the necessary changes on the inside to help enable this transformation? How?
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Posted by Black Fives in Basic, Culture, Featured, International, Motivation, Politics, Relationships, tags: ABC, America, Bailout, Barack Obama, Broadcasters, CNBC, CNN, Congressman Jim Himes, Connecticut, Economy, Huffington Post, Media, N.F.L, Negativity, Players, psyche, recovery, Robert Gibbs, stimulus, Teams, United States, White House
Once the pain and suffering of Americans has become severe enough, then most people will begin seeking out optimism wherever it can be found. Cable news political shows will follow suit.
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