98.7 FM ESPN Radio “New York Sports and Beyond” host Larry Hardesty discusses updates from the Black Fives Foundation with special guest Claude Johnson.
98.7 FM ESPN Radio, Special Guest: Claude Johnson
January 4, 2022 – Greenwich, CT – The Black Fives Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit public charity whose mission is to research, preserve, showcase, teach, and honor the pre-NBA history of African Americans in basketball, has teamed up with NBA great Russell Westbrook’s Zero World Media and Ben Silverman and Howard T. Owens’ Propagate Content, the… Read more »
At their media day, the Big East announced a conference-wide, 22-team educational initiative with the Black Fives Foundation.
Celebrating the birthday of 2X World Pro Basketball Champion and Basketball Hall of Fame member John “Boy Wonder” Isaacs.
The NBA incorrectly insists it was formed in 1949 when it was actually 1946.
Claude Johnson’s profile of African American basketball pioneer Clarence “Fats” Jenkins for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2021 Enshrinement Weekend Program.
How does a ticket to a 1941 basketball doubleheader link Ohio, the tire industry, burgers, the Star of David, Harlem, FDR, Nike, the UN, and Norman Rockwell?
12-year-old reporter Carnegie Johnson encounters superstar point guard and Basketball Hall of Fame member Allen Iverson, who is reminiscent of Black Fives Era pioneer Zach Clayton!
12-year-old junior reporter and scholar-athlete Carnegie Johnson chats with basketball superstar Chris Paul, with history from the Black Fives Era!
The Basketball Hall of Fame has elected Black Fives Era pioneer Zack Clayton for enshrinement in its Class of 2017!
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We inspire excellence in youth and communities by preserving, teaching, and honoring the pre-NBA history of African Americans in basketball.
For years, we have been building something truly remarkable.![]()
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Something deeper than what’s visible on the surface.![]()
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This piece, created by the Gee’s Bend Quilters Collective from remnants of our Black Fives throwback jerseys, carries that idea.![]()
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On the front, you see something beautiful.![]()
On the back, you see the work.![]()
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Tens of thousands of stitches.![]()
Each one holding the whole together.![]()
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Like the earlier African American basketball pioneers whose names were forgotten, but whose work helped shape the game.![]()
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Like the countless people, often unseen, who did and are doing the work that holds our country together.![]()
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The surface only exists because of what’s behind it.![]()
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And it’s only as strong as the weakest stitch.![]()
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Do we really want to remove certain stitches?![]()
Are we OK with pieces falling apart?![]()
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Do we value the work we don’t see?![]()
Do we recognize it?![]()
Do we protect it?![]()
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That’s the real story.![]()
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A cultural archive. A sports heritage platform.![]()
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For years, we have been building something truly remarkable.![]()
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A deep archive of early African American basketball.![]()
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The stories, the images, the history that shaped the game.![]()
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But this is more than an archive.![]()
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It’s a cultural IP and sports heritage platform.![]()
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Infrastructure of history, identity, and assets ready to build with.![]()
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For partners, institutions, and brands who want real cultural authenticity, not just performative optics.![]()
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