Claude Johnson Panelist at Jackie Robinson Foundation’s 2013 Legacy Conference

On February 26, 2013, in Community, Culture, Descendants, Foundation, Goodwill, History, Race, Relationships, by Black Fives

Black Fives Foundation founder and executive director Claude Johnson will be a panelist at this weekend’s annual Jackie Robinson Foundation Legacy Conference in New York City.

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Claude Johnson to Moderate Washington Wizards Panel Discussion: The Significance of African Americans in Basketball

On February 20, 2013, in Community, Culture, Foundation, Goodwill, NBA, Race, Relationships, Venues, by Black Fives

Claude Johnson will moderate a Washington Wizards discussion at the Verizon Center on Friday, with distinguished panelists David Aldridge, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, and Bob Dandridge.

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NY Amsterdam News: Black Fives Foundation Reunites Families of Long-Ago Basketball League

On February 15, 2013, in Children, Community, Culture, Descendants, Family, Race, Relationships, by Black Fives

Two consecutive weeks of full-page coverage in the New York Amsterdam News is an honor for which we are grateful.

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Love and Family Grow In Brooklyn

On February 11, 2013, in Community, Culture, Descendants, Family, Foundation, Goodwill, History, NBA, Photos, Race, Relationships, Venues, Video, by Black Fives

February 10, 2013 was a night to remember at the Barclays Center when the arena and the Brooklyn Nets honored Black Fives Era pioneers and their descendants.

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Huge NY Daily News Article About Black Fives: ‘The first Kings of Brooklyn’

On February 3, 2013, in Community, Culture, Descendants, Foundation, Goodwill, History, NBA, Race, Relationships, Venues, Women, by Claude Johnson

This long feature article about the Black Fives — by award winning journalist Wayne Coffey — is printed in today’s Sunday New York Daily News.

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NY Times: Long Before the Brooklyn Nets, There Were the Black Fives

On February 3, 2013, in Books, Business, Community, Culture, Descendants, Goodwill, History, NBA, Photos, Relationships, by Claude Johnson

There was a wonderful article about my efforts with the history of the Black Fives printed in the City Room section of yesterday’s Saturday edition of the New York Times.

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