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During 1904 to 1950, there were dozens of African American basketball teams that played before the racial integration of the NBA known as the Black Fives.Tun...
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Claude Johnson is an author, historian, writer, and founder of the Black Fives Foundation, a 501 (c)3 public charity whose mission is to research, preserve, showcase, and teach the pre-NBA history of African-American basketball while honoring its pioneers and their descendants.
Claude Johnson is an award-winning author, historian, and founder of the Black Fives Foundation, a 501 (c)3 public charity whose mission is to research, preserve, showcase, teach, and honor the pre-NBA history of African-American basketball teams.
From the Preface to book, “Black Fives: The Alpha Physical Culture Club’s Pioneering African American Basketball Team, 1904-1923,” by Claude Johnson, founder and executive director of The Black Fives Foundation.
Claude Johnson is the creator, founder, and CEO of Black Fives, a sports merchandise…. · Experience: The Black Fives Foundation · Education: Stanford University · Location: Washington · 500...
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24 mai 2022 · In 1998, Claude Johnson was working for the NBA’s marketing department when he picked up the book A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete, by tennis legend Arthur Ashe.
31 mai 2022 · In The Black Fives: The Epic Story of Basketball’s Forgotten Era, Johnson braids together the stories of dozens of teams—then often called “fives”—of African American players, founded before the racial integration of all-white professional leagues in the 1950s.
