A great inside look at the New York City launch event for the Black Fives Collection by premium sports lifestyle brand ’47.
WATCH: ’47 x Black Fives Apparel Collection NYC Launch Party
This video describes the key ideas behind our unique and exciting apparel licensing partnership with ’47.
Images from some of our recent school visits, where we are presenting the local history of the Black Fives Era of basketball in partnership with the Brooklyn Nets as a part of their Nets Assist educational programming.
Claude Johnson appeared on NBC News 4 New York’s “Positively Black” segment with host Tracie Strahan this past Sunday to discuss the Black Fives exhibition currently at the museum, which runs through July 20, 2014.
We are grateful for this full-page review of the Black Fives Exhibition at the New-York Historical Society by Richard Sandomir of the New York Times, in the newspaper’s “Museums” section.
This feature length review of the Black Fives Exhibition at the New-York Historical Society appears in the Wall Street Journal, on the front page of its “Greater New York” section!
The one-and-only cultural icon, DJ, TV personality and all-around great dude Bobbito Garcia aka Kool Bob Love talks with Black Fives Foundation executive director Claude Johnson on East Village Radio.
A pair of vintage hand constructed leather and canvas basketball shoes, circa 1910s, on display in the first-ever Black Fives museum exhibition, at the New York Historical Society from March 14 to July 20, 2014.
Black Entertainment Television is featuring a selection of photographs, artifacts, and memorabilia from the Black Fives Photo Archive in a new Black History Month promo segment that is airing during February 2011.
The New York Rens have been in the news a lot lately, so that might explain why these Nike retros are hot right now.
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Black Fives Foundation
We inspire excellence by preserving, teaching, and honoring the pre-NBA history of African Americans in basketball.
Congratulations to our Education and Leadership Ambassador @kamoreaarnold for her first @ncaa Tourney appearance with @uconnwbb who she idolized as a youngster with posters on her wall. Manifestation, one moment at a time! Truly breathtaking! Best wishes KK! Make History Now! 💪🏽😤🔥
Sneak Peek! If you’re in Indianapolis for the NBA All-Star Weekend, please stop by the @ebbetsvintage pop-up shop at 50 South Meridian for the launch of our new Black Fives x Ebbets Field Flannels collection featuring the New York Rens. Open 10 AM to 10 PM. #RENS100 #makehistorynow #bhm
Limited Edition “Make History Now” Black Fives x Big East BHM Cotton Long Sleeve ![]()
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Though you aren’t a BIG EAST basketball player, you can still have this cotton long-sleeve tee version of their performance warm-up shirt.![]()
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The shirt graphic is the same. It’s the Black Fives x BIG EAST commemorative partnership logo with the Make History Now slogan on a cotton long-sleeve tee shirt to celebrate BHM2024 and honor early African-American basketball teams paired up with BIG EAST member schools.![]()
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