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Will The Inauguration Be Like This?

On December 4, 2008, in Basic, Children, Culture, Family, Politics, Race, by Black Fives

You realize that Inauguration Day will from here on out be a national holiday for black people, right? :-) Maybe for all people! Will it be like the Super Bowl, Greek Week, Spring Break, All Star Weekend, Mardis Gras, Black Bikers Weekend, Montreaux Jazz Festival, Million Man March, Budweiser Superfest, Howard Homecoming, Woodstock, March Madness, [...]

Special Basket Ball Pants

On August 25, 2008, in Gear, History, Premium, by Black Fives

Here’s another look at some early “basket ball” pants. These ones are “special.” I mentioned this style before in an earlier post that includes a photo of Howard University’s 1911 varsity basketball team wearing joints similar to these. And you thought the N.B.A. dress code was rough?

Happy Birthday To Ralph Bunche, Basketball Star, Intellect, Nobel Peace Prize Winner, And U.S. State Department Pioneer

On August 7, 2008, in Basic, History, by Black Fives

Ralph Bunche was born in Detroit on August 7, 1904. He would become a star basketball player, summa cum laude graduate, and class valedictorian at U.C.L.A. in the 1920s, a Nobel Prize winner in 1950, and the United Nations under-secretary general in 1968. He lectured at Howard University while working towards his doctoral degree at [...]

Early Basketball Venue, True Reformer’s Hall In D.C., 105 Years Old

On July 21, 2008, in Business, Community, Culture, History, Motivation, Premium, Race, by Black Fives

The building’s gymnasium was the site of many early games between African American basketball teams, including the Washington 12 Streeters led by Edwin B. Henderson.

First All-Black Athletic Conference Began In D.C., Anniversary This Week

On May 28, 2008, in Business, Community, History, Premium, by Black Fives

On May 30, 1906, the Inter-Scholastic Athletic Association of Middle Atlantic States (I.S.A.A.) took root with its first event, a track meet, at Howard University.

Will The Inauguration Be Like This?

Special Basket Ball Pants

Happy Birthday To Ralph Bunche, Basketball Star, Intellect, Nobel Peace Prize Winner, And U.S. State Department Pioneer

Early Basketball Venue, True Reformer’s Hall In D.C., 105 Years Old

First All-Black Athletic Conference Began In D.C., Anniversary This Week

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