Posts Tagged “Black”
Posted by Black Fives in Community, Culture, N.B.A., Premium, Race, tags: African American, Basketball, Black, Black Fives, Dolly King, Harlem, Long Island University, New York Rens, Renaissance
William ‘Dolly’ King excelled in football, basketball, and baseball at Long Island University before starring in basketball with the Rens and other pro teams.
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Posted by Black Fives in Being, Community, Culture, Family, Goodwill, Health, History, Motivation, Premium, Relationships, tags: 1920s, Basketball, Black, Black Fives, California, George Crowe, Harlem, Indiana, New York, New York Renaissance, New York Rens, Teams
Crowe, a handsome former pro basketball and pro baseball star who looks much younger than his 88 years of age, still strikes a chord though a man of few words.
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Posted by Black Fives in Basic, Children, Culture, Relationships, tags: 1915, Black, Boy Wonder, Harlem, John Isaacs, Madison Square Boys And Girls Club, New York Renaissance, New York Rens
Isaacs was born September 30, 1915 and would’ve been 94 years old today. The day he first saw our ‘Rens’ throwback jersey is a fond memory now.
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Posted by Black Fives in Children, Community, Culture, Family, History, Premium, Relationships, Religion, tags: 1909, Basketball, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bishop Chapel A.M.E. Church, Black, Black Fives, Black Fives Era, Charles Scottron, Ferdinand Accooe, History, John Isaacs, Lincoln Theater, Metropolitan A.M.E Church, New York Renaissance, Players, Rev. Accooe, Smart Set Athletic Club, Teams, Teddy Horne
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.
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Posted by Black Fives in Basic, Being, Community, Featured, Goodwill, Health, Motivation, tags: Black, Black Fives, Claude Johnson, Daily, History, Inspiration, Make History Now, Motivation, Thoughts
A new (free!) series of brief daily inspirational messages, motivational tips, and consciousness reminders by Claude Johnson, founder and president of Black Fives, Inc.
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Posted by Black Fives in Basic, Business, Community, History, N.B.A., tags: 1939, Black, Black Fives, Black Fives Blog, Community, David Stern, Harlem, History, New York Renaissance, New York Rens, Teams
Kudos to Bill Rhoden of the New York Times for orchestrating this idea for NBA Commissioner David Stern to visit a Harlem barber shop. But, what’s the agenda?
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Posted by Black Fives in Basic, Culture, Featured, Goodwill, Motivation, Relationships, tags: Affiliate Marketing, Affiliate Program, Black, Black Fives, Black Fives Affiliate Program, BlackFives.com, Commissions, Digital Products
Black Fives, Inc. now has an affiliate program! It’s the Black Fives Affiliate Program! It’s free, commissions are very generous, and signing up is easy!
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Posted by Black Fives in Basic, Being, Goodwill, Health, Motivation, Relationships, tags: Apologize, Apology, Black, I'm Sorry, Pain-Body
Half-apologies are worse than no apology at all because they leave the residue of unresolved negative emotions. With no apology you can at least still seek one.
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Posted by Black Fives in Basic, Being, Culture, Goodwill, History, Motivation, Politics, Race, Relationships, tags: A New Earth, African American, Basketball, Black, Cambridge, Collective Pain-Bodies, Eckhart Tolle, Ego, Harvard University, Henry Louis Skip Gates, History, Make History Now, Oprah Winfrey Show, Pain-Body, Presence, President Barack Obama, Racial Profiling, Sgt. James Crowley
The Gates-Crowley-Obama incident offers a pivotal insight for the transformation of mankind that goes far beyond what Obama envisions with his “teachable moment.”
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Posted by Black Fives in Children, Family, History, Politics, Premium, Relationships, tags: 1920, 1921, African American, Basketball, Black, Black Fives, Columbia University, Democratic National Convention, History, Howard University, Lawrence Hogan, Make History Now, Martha's Vineyard, Michelle Obama, President Barack Obama, Robert Gibbs, Stanford University, Teams, Vintage, White House
How an old acquaintance, a family trip, a near chance encounter, and a vintage photograph allowed me to ‘make history now’ inside the White House.
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