Posts Tagged “Black History Month”
Posted by Black Fives in Basic, Community, Culture, History, Motivation, Press Release, tags: Black History Month, BlackFives.com, Claude Johnson, easton massachusetts, intercultural affairs, Massachusetts, Race, race relations in the united states, Stonehill College
Stonehill College will host Claude Johnson, founder and president of Black Fives, Inc., for a free public presentation and discussion on Thursday, Feb. 4 at 7 p.m.
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Posted by Black Fives in Basic, Culture, History, N.B.A., Race, Relationships, tags: American Basketball League, Basketball, Black, Black History Month, Boy Wonder, Boys and Girls Club, Depression, Harlem Globetrotters, History, John Isaacs, Renaissance, Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation
In addition to sharing tales of Isaacs’ life and memories, the panel distributed different media and news clippings of Isaacs’ historic career, as well as provided a display that shared more details and images of Isaacs’ life.
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Posted by Black Fives in Basic, Community, Culture, History, Relationships, tags: 12th Streeters, 1910, Basketball, Black, Black History Month, Falls Church, Harlem Magic Masters, History, John Isaacs, MagicMasters, New York City, Nikki Graves, Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation, Y.M.C.A.
John Isaacs, a Tinner Hill 2008 Living Legacy award winner, will be remembered. A panel will discuss the implications of Mr. Isaacs’ gifts to the world and basketball, and film clips of his visit with us at the game last year will also be shown.
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Posted by Black Fives in Community, Culture, History, Premium, Race, tags: African American, Basketball, Black, Black History Month, Civil Rights, Colored Basketball World's Championship, Commonwealth Five, Harlem, Ivy League, Jess McMahon, Paul Robeson, Princeton University, Racism, St. Christopher Club, Teams
Today we celebrate Paul Robeson’s birthday. Robeson was born on April 9, 1898 in Princeton, New Jersey. In sports, Robeson is best known as a 2-time football All-American at Rutgers, where he eventually won twelve varsity letters. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Black Fives in Culture, History, Motivation, Premium, Relationships, tags: 12 Streeters, African American, Basketball, Black, Black History Month, Claude Johnson, Colored Basketball World's Championship, Edwin B. Henderson, Falls Church, History, Indianapolis Kautskys, James Henderson, John Isaacs, Living Legacy Awards, Molder of Men, New York Rens, Teams, Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation, Washington Bears, World Pro Basketball Championship
When 93-year-old James Henderson ran into soon-to-be 93-year-old John Isaacs last Friday in Falls Church, Virginia, the trash talking began instantly.
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Posted by Black Fives in Community, History, Premium, Race, Relationships, tags: 1941, 1946, African American, American Basketball League, Basketball, Basketball Hall of Fame, Black, Black History Month, Chicago, Chicago Amphitheater, Chicago Herald-American, Cleveland Public Auditorium, Detroit Eagles, Dolly King, Harlem, Long Island University, N.I.T., National Basketball League, New York, New York Rens, NY Original Celtics, Philadelphia S.P.H.A.s, Players, Teams, World Pro Basketball Championship
William “Dolly” King, the 6-foot 4-inch, 220-lb. star center and captain of the undefeated LIU Blackbirds, left his team mid-season to join the all-black New York Rens.
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Posted by Black Fives in Basic, Community, Culture, Film, History, N.B.A., Race, tags: 1950, Basketball, Basketball Association of America, Black, Black History Month, Bob Douglas, Harlem, Harlem Globetrotters, History, Joe Lapchick, Madison Square Garden, MSG Network, N.B.A., National Basketball League, NBA Retired Players, New York, New York Knicks, New York Rens, NY Original Celtics, Players, Racism, Sweetwater Clifton, Teams
I had the honor recently of sitting down with The MSG Network for an on-camera interview that appeared over the weekend in their documentary film about the close relationship between NBA pioneers Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton and Joe Lapchick.
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Posted by Black Fives in Basic, Community, Culture, History, Motivation, Politics, Race, tags: African American, Barack Obama, Basketball, Black, Black Fives, Black History Month, Civil Rights, Connecticut, History, Make History Now, Politics, Racism, Teams
When Barack Obama is elected president, he’ll be screening a different kind of movie at the White House. This one will be called Re-Birth Of A Nation.
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Posted by Black Fives in Business, Community, History, Motivation, Premium, tags: Basketball, Black, Black Fives, Black History Month, Claude Johnson, History, Mike Wesson, MLK Day, Washington D.C., WMET 1160 AM
I did this interview and put it in the vault (Summer ‘07) but it’s worth dusting off … [display_podcast]
This is a thorough interview on a popular daily lunch time radio show called Read the rest of this entry »
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