Black Fives On The Tom Joyner Morning Show (AUDIO)

On December 17, 2008, in Culture, Family, International, Music, Politics, by Black Fives

Audio of the Black Fives segment with Claude Johnson featured on the Tom Joyner Morning Show.

An Asinine Question: Is Obama Black?

On December 15, 2008, in Children, Culture, Featured, International, Music, Politics, Premium, Race, by Black Fives

Over the weekend there was an Associated Press article circulating online called “Is Barack Obama Black?“ It’s such an asinine question. The article begins like this: A perplexing new chapter is unfolding in Barack Obama’s racial saga: Many people insist that “the first black president” is actually not black. First of all, why is Barack [...]

Safe, Connected, Valued, and Loved

On December 2, 2008, in Children, Culture, Family, Featured, International, Politics, Premium, Race, Relationships, by Black Fives

That course on relationships I attended recently had this one session on kids taught by a child psychologist and behavioral expert. She explained that children need four essentials in order to develop in a healthy way.

How A Scene From The 1982 Film The Verdict (Paul Newman) Speaks To Our World Today

On December 1, 2008, in Basic, Being, Books, Culture, Film, International, Politics, by Black Fives

I downloaded a movie over the weekend called The Verdict, starring Paul Newman in what some say is the best (but most overlooked) performance of his career. Paul Newman in “The Verdict.” The film had a scene in it that was a pleasant surprise because it was so relevant in all of our lives right [...]

Black Fives Are Like The King Tut Of Basketball

On November 26, 2008, in Basic, Culture, History, International, by Black Fives

Who knew these treasures existed? Dozens of African American basketball teams from the early 1900s, lost in the sands of time. Buried for years beneath the publicity and hype of first the N.C.A.A., then the Harlem Globetrotters, then the N.B.A. I’m using the buried treasure analogy because on this day, November 26, 1922, American archaeologist [...]

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“We were helping our race by fortifying the bodies of our people in this, the struggle for existence, where only the fittest survive.”
-- Conrad Norman, Co-Founder, Alpha Physical Culture Club, 1910

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