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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: Basic, 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, Basic, 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, Being, Culture, Goodwill, History, Motivation, Politics, Race, Relationships, tags: A New Earth, African American, Basic, 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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Posted by Black Fives in Goodwill, History, Motivation, Premium, Race, Relationships, tags: 1910s, 1920s, 1940s, African American, Alpha Physical Culture Club, Asians, Basketball, Black, Caucasians, Culture, History, Jackie Robinson, Make History Now, Manhattan Casino, Monticello Athletic Association, New York Renaissance, New York Rens, Players, Renaissance Ballroom, Rucker Park, St. Christopher Club, Teams
An early Sunday morning bicycle ride through Harlem leads to sacredness, grace, astonishment, acknowledgment, gratitude, and smiles.
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Posted by Black Fives in Basic, Goodwill, History, Motivation, N.B.A., Race, Relationships, tags: Basic, Basketball, Black, History, Players
Rens like Tarzan Cooper, Charlie Isles and Pop Gates, and a host of other old-time players took the time to help kids like Satch learn the game.
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Posted by Black Fives in Basic, Culture, History, Music, N.B.A., Women, tags: Basic, Basketball, Black, Chicago Bulls, History, Jam, Michael Jackson, Michael Jordan, N.B.A., N.B.A. Draft, Players, Teams
A very good summary by HoopFeed.com of how Michael Jackson’s influence touched the world of basketball.
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Posted by Black Fives in Culture, History, N.B.A., Premium, Race, Relationships, tags: African American, Ara Parseghian, Basketball, Black, Dick McGuire, Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Hastings Bob Feller, History, Larry Doby, N.A.D., Naval Ammunition Depot, Nebraska, New York Knicks, Notre Dame, Players, Teams, U.S. Military, U.S. Navy, Vintage
The Naval Ammunition Depot in Hastings, Nebraska — the Navy’s largest W.W. II inland munitions plant — had an all-black contingent that represented the base in the “Colored Servicemen’s Basketball Championship Tournament of Nebraska” around 1944.
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