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		<title>Advance Praise for Claude Johnson&#8217;s Upcoming New Book</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Black Fives</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is what several great people say about Claude Johnson's upcoming new book, the first in a series detailing the pre-NBA history of African American basketball pioneers.]]></description>
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		<title>R.I.P. Al Price, Black Basketball Pioneer, 1917-2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Price was not only the oldest living former Harlem Globetrotter but was also one of 10 black players who in 1941 broke the racial color barrier in pro basketball by signing with the Toledo Jim White Chevrolets of the National Basketball League.  ]]></description>
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		<title>New York City To Rename Bronx Street After John Isaacs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claude Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If a community initiative passes final City Council approval, New York City will rename a Bronx street after former Harlem Rens star John Isaacs.  It is a section of Hoe Avenue that runs alongside the Madison Square Boys &#038; Girls Club where Isaacs worked as a youth counselor for nearly 50 years.]]></description>
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		<title>Zack Clayton, All-Time Harlem Rens Player, Born On This Date (1910)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 18:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claude Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zachariah "Zack" Clayton, one of the all-time greatest basketball players of the Black Fives Era as a star for the New York Renaissance and other teams, was born on May 4, 1910 in Philadelphia.]]></description>
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		<title>Hoops Hall of Fame Forms New &#8216;Early African-American Pioneers of the Game&#8217; Committee</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 06:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claude Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an unprecedented move, the Basketball Hall of Fame announced Friday that it has formed a new Early African-American Pioneers of the Game committee, which has the clout to induct with a direct vote.]]></description>
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		<title>NBC4 Washington: The Father of Black Basketball (VIDEO)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Black Fives</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NBC4 in Washington, D.C. is airing this television segment celebrating the contributions of Black Fives Era basketball pioneer and contributor Edwin Bancroft Henderson. ]]></description>
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		<title>The 2010 World Basketball Orgy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Black Fives</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For fans like me, the amazing basketball events of last week -- beautifully staged by Nike and the Basketball Hall of Fame, from Harlem to Springfield and back -- might as well have been called the "World Basketball Orgy."]]></description>
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		<title>The Black Fives: Basketball&#8217;s Forgotten (Black) History</title>
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		<comments>http://www.blackfives.com/basketballs-forgotten-black-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Black Fives</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Vince Thomas for TheRoot.com: Before the NBA was desegregated, there were the Black Fives.]]></description>
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		<title>Unique Photo Exhibit Helps Grow Black Fives Community Fund</title>
		<link>http://www.blackfives.com/unique-photo-exhibit-helps-grow-the-new-black-fives-community-fund/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackfives.com/unique-photo-exhibit-helps-grow-the-new-black-fives-community-fund/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Black Fives</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A unique photo exhibit helps grow the new Black Fives Community Fund, which benefits the neighborhoods where original Black Fives basketball teams once played.]]></description>
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		<title>Remembering A Difficult Month For &#8216;Rens&#8217; Friends, Fans</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Black Fives</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[January is a difficult month for friends and fans of the New York "Rens" of Harlem, the all-black pro basketball team that played in 1920s, 30s, and 40s.]]></description>
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		<title>Accooe Descendant&#8217;s Story Comes Full Circle In Harlem</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This story from a Black Fives Era descendant links the distant basketball past with the funeral of New York Renaissance star John Isaacs earlier this year.]]></description>
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		<title>April Birthdays</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Black Fives</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[April birthdays related to the Black Fives Era of basketball include Don Barksdale, Bill Yancey, John McLendon, Paul Robeson, and Charles Scottron.]]></description>
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