Celebrating the birthday of 2X World Pro Basketball Champion and Basketball Hall of Fame member John “Boy Wonder” Isaacs.
Happy Birthday John Isaacs
The NBA incorrectly insists it was formed in 1949 when it was actually 1946.
12-year-old junior reporter and student athlete Carnegie Johnson chats with hoops superstar Carmelo Anthony, with history from the Black Fives Era!
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.
This week’s artifact is a special book by a beloved athlete, activist, and scholar. (Hint: There’s a stadium named after him.)
Akron, Ohio’s all-black American Legion Post No. 272 basketball team was a wartime squad that won the Akron city championship for the 1944-45 season.
The Black Fives Foundation is expanding and reinforcing its mission and goals with solid momentum from strategic partnerships and its first grant.
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.
We are mourning the loss of basketball pioneer and Hall of Fame member Earl Lloyd, the first African American to play in the NBA, who died today at age 86.
For the NBA All Star Weekend, WPIX 11 produced ‘One-on-One: A Historic Look at the Journey of African American Basketball in NYC,’ which includes a look at Black Fives Era achievers who paved the way for today’s superstars.