Our Mission


Mission:

The Black Fives Foundation works to research, preserve, showcase, teach, and honor the pre-NBA history of African Americans in basketball.

Purpose:

The purpose of our efforts include activities that:

  • uncover more details from this fascinating aspect of American history
  • conserve the narratives and artifacts related to the black basketball experience during this historically important time
  • highlight, exhibit, and celebrate early African American basketball artifacts,
  • encourage understanding of early African American basketball history as an essential cultural genre,
  • advocate for the proper recognition of early African American basketball pioneers,