Announcing the Black Fives Community Fund

On January 14, 2010, in Basic, Being, Community, Culture, Featured, Goodwill, Motivation, Press Release, Relationships, by Black Fives

The Black Fives Community Fund benefits social, educational, cultural, and civic improvement in neighborhoods where teams of the Black Fives Era once played.

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The Black Fives Community Fund

On May 8, 2009, in , by Black Fives

The Black Fives Community Fund is a way for you to connect your interest in the pre-N.B.A. history of African Americans in basketball with meaningful social, educational, cultural, and civic improvement efforts in communities where the teams of the Black Fives Era originally played.

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More Vintage All-Black U.S. Military Hoops: Company E, 372nd Colored Infantry Regiment, 1920

On May 7, 2009, in Culture, Goodwill, History, Premium, Race, Relationships, by Black Fives

After World War I, some veterans from Company E of the 372nd Colored Infantry Regiment, 93rd Division, formed a basketball team.

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Excerpt From My Article In Bounce Magazine

On August 21, 2008, in Basic, History, by Claude Johnson

The NBA has no current players from Toledo, Ohio. But during a single decade that began in the early 1930s, Toledo produced a ridiculous pool of professional ball players unmatched by any other city since.

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