We’re proud to collaborate with the Atlanta Hawks for their awesome Black History Month celebration featuring Black Fives Era basketball history!
BHM Collaboration with the Atlanta Hawks
The first episode of our new Make History Now podcast is dedicated to basketball pioneer Earl Lloyd, the first African American to play in the NBA.
LISTEN: Our latest updates for Black History Month on ESPN Radio New York 98.7 FM with host Bill Daughtry.
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.
Please meet the Younger Set Girls, an African American women’s basketball team that was formed in New York City in 1912.
MSG Network’s new PSA for Black History Month honors Black Fives Era pioneers and stars Darryl “DMC” McDaniels of Run DMC.
NBA players pair up with Black Fives Era pioneers in television vignettes by Fox Sports Net in collaboration with the Black Fives Foundation.
A new exhibition opening March 14 at the New-York Historical Society celebrates a forgotten era in sports history. ‘The Black Fives’ explores the history of pioneering African American basketball teams from the early 1900s through 1950.
Two consecutive weeks of full-page coverage in the New York Amsterdam News is an honor for which we are grateful.
On February 10, Barclays Center will unveil a compilation of six mural-sized photographic images honoring the legacy of Brooklyn’s African-American basketball history throughout the arena’s main concourse.