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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>
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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>Toward Making Up With Kareem (We Hope)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 21:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I want us to reconcile with Kareem, because instead of arguing we should be teaming up.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Lockout Blues, and Ancient Hoops Wisdom</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 20:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claude Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is what some of basketball's founding fathers would say about the current N.B.A. lockout.]]></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>Our New Black Fives Photo Archive</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 05:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claude Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the world's leading collection of vintage African American basketball photographs and self-customizable photo products celebrating the historic Black Fives Era, prior to the racial integration of the N.B.A.]]></description>
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		<title>Our Interview With NBA Pioneer Earl Lloyd About His New Book</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I interviewed basketball pioneer Earl Lloyd, the first black player in the NBA, who says he's "extremely retired," about his new book, "Moonfixer."]]></description>
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		<title>NBA-Insider David Aldridge On BlackFives.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Black Fives</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you see what "NBA-Insider" David Aldridge wrote about me and BlackFives.com in his column on NBA.com?]]></description>
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		<title>Duquesne Honors Basketball Pioneer Cooper With Tournament</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:13:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Duquesne honors Chuck Cooper, among first blacks in NBA, by staging inaugural Chuck Cooper Classic, a hoops doubleheader featuring HBCU teams. How cool is that?]]></description>
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		<title>Moonwalking On The Hardwood: A Basketball Tribute To Michael Jackson</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Black Fives</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A very good summary by HoopFeed.com of how Michael Jackson's influence touched the world of basketball.]]></description>
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		<title>New Book Clears Up Debate Over NBA Start Year (1950)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Black Fives</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NBA celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1996.  The problem is that it didn't exist until 1950 when the BAA merged with the NBL. This new book clears that up.]]></description>
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		<title>April Birthdays</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
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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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		<title>Basketball Hall Of Fame Flashback: Bob Douglas Voted In (1972)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[But now it's as if the Hall mistakenly thinks that its progress regarding the election of African Americans in general somehow goes toward satisfying the need to consider specific deserving black pioneers from the earlier time.]]></description>
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