12-year-old junior reporter Carnegie Johnson chats with Chicago Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf, adding history from the Black Fives Era!
Episode 1: Jerry Reinsdorf
Did you know that there were many non-playing pioneers of the Black Fives Era who made important contributions to the growth and evolution of basketball among African Americans?
Michael C. King, the son of William “Dolly” King, describes some family artifacts and the stories surrounding them.
Jim Usry’s exclusive 1946 professional basketball player contract with the New York Rens, on display in the New York Historical Society’s upcoming Black Fives Exhibition, opening March 14, 2014.
BFF founder and executive director Claude Johnson gave a history presentation to kids at the Riverside Hawks Summer Camp in Harlem, joined by Nike basketball designers and veteran NBA guard Royal Ivey.
For the first time, the full article on Major Hart, from “Inside ATF,” the monthly magazine of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
Recently, I got this correspondence from the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (A.T.F.).
You can tell a lot about someone by their office. Or study. What’s in it, how it’s kept, what’s on the walls … these are all clues.