News
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August 12, 2009
Black Fives, Inc. announces the Black Fives Affiliate Program. Anyone who signs up to be an affiliate in the program (it’s free) could earn commissions simply by referring people to the Black Fives Online Gift Shop. [More]
July 17, 2009
Claude Johnson visits the White House for a personal tour hoping to meet President Obama, missing a chance encounter by 10 minutes. But not before handing a staff member a vintage photograph of a Black Fives Era player that is an uncanny Obama lookalike. [More]
July 3, 2009
Claude Johnson is interviewed about Baller-in-Chief by Sarah Meehan, host of the Under Score show on Sirius 98 “Hardcore Sports Radio”. [More]
June 11, 2009
Black Fives moves its website, BlackFives.com, to a new server platform with a completely new and improved website. [More]
May 18, 2009
Black Fives is mentioned in the Intuit Small Business Grant Program, for which it had submitted a business story. “Thank you to all the people who responded with their support,” says says Claude Johnson. “We didn’t win, but learned so much about ourselves as well as about competing in such programs in the future!”
May 11, 2009
Black Fives introduces a new fan group on Facebook: Honoring Vintage All-Black U.S. Military Basketball Teams
May 5, 2009
The Black Fives Blog begins a series of posts honoring the vintage African American basketball teams that represented U.S. military units. [More]
April 25, 2009
Black Fives competes in the Intuit Small Business Grant Program with an entry write up of its own start-up “story” that could win the company a $25,000 grant for charity. [More]



