The BIG EAST Conference is partnering with the Black Fives Foundation to host 22 games that honor pioneering Black teams, players, and communities.
BIG EAST Honors Black Fives Era with 22 Games Across Entire Conference
We’re proud to collaborate with the Atlanta Hawks for their awesome Black History Month celebration featuring Black Fives Era basketball history!
After finishing his debut season with the minor league Montreal Royals, Jackie signed a pro BASKETBALL contract with the Los Angeles Red Devils in October ’46.
This week’s artifact is a special book by a beloved athlete, activist, and scholar. (Hint: There’s a stadium named after him.)
A rare promotional medallion from 1915 that is the earliest known in-arena give-way in basketball.
This new repository allows more room to expand the size of our archive and provides many fundamentally important capabilities that were previously missing.
A collection of rare photographs and other historical materials relating to Harlem Globe Trotters have been donated to the Black Fives Foundation Historical Archive.
Fare thee well, 2015. Looking back we raise toasts to the greatest wins as well as to the toughest losses of the year.
A couple of months ago I had a chance to chat briefly with Harlem Globetrotters legend and Basketball Hall of Fame member Meadowlark Lemon.
We rank the Basketball Hall of Fame’s 2016 nominees for the special direct-elect Early African American Pioneers Committee in order most deserving, with a poll.