A groundbreaking, timely history of the largely unknown early days of Black basketball, bringing to life the trailblazing players, teams, and impresarios who made the game.
The Black Fives: The Epic Story of Basketball’s Forgotten Era
I’ve always wanted a seersucker suit ever since Dad gave me my grandfather’s seersucker when I graduated from college.
This book from 1928 reminds me of just how closely basketball was linked to spirituality, right up into the Great Depression and beyond. It also makes me realize (well, at least from Fig. 6) that the term “get your swerve on” might be a lot older than we first believed. It doesn’t get more fundamental… Read more »
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