Reece ‘Goose’ Tatum, who played with the Globetrotters from 1941 to 1955 and was known as the “Clown Prince of Basketball,” will be enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as part of its 2011 class.
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.
If you would like to have Claude Johnson visit with your group, college, church, team, company, organization, or club for a talk, then please let us know.
Historically black colleges and universities (“HBCU’s”) were intimately involved in the history of the Black Fives Era of basketball. This week (February 22, 1922) marks the anniversary of the Harlem-based St. Christopher Club’s defeat of visiting Morehouse College, 31-25, snapping the Southern Conference champions’ 42-game winning streak.
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