PRESS RELEASE BLACK FIVES NONPROFIT ANNOUNCES HARLEM COURT REPAINTING PROJECT TO HONOR 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF HISTORIC NEW YORK RENS BASKETBALL TEAM, ON LOCATION AT SELECTED SITE Working With Manhattan Borough President’s Office and NYC Parks In Partnership With SLAM Media And Project Backboard, The Public Outdoor Court At Howard Bennett Playground On West 135th Street Has… Read more »
Black Fives Nonprofit Announces Harlem Playground Court Repainting Project
Proper Acknowledgement Of This History-Making All-Black Basketball Team With Lasting, Inspiring Commemoration Initiatives In Harlem BACKGROUND Formed 100 years ago, in 1923, the New York Rens were the first Black-owned, all-Black, fully professional basketball team in history. This Harlem-based squad won 85% of its games with 150-game schedules from 1923 to 1949, the equivalent of an NBA… Read more »
The BIG EAST Conference is partnering with the Black Fives Foundation to host 22 games that honor pioneering Black teams, players, and communities.
He will become the first individual ever enshrined in both the Cooperstown (baseball) and Springfield (basketball) Halls of Fame!
A vintage pair of 1930s basketball kneepads.
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The new ‘Make History Now’ video by ’47 brought to you by SLAM with Chicago Bulls star Taj Gibson, visual artist Swopes, rapper Lil Bibby, and some of Chicago’s best young ballers.
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.
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.