Please meet the Younger Set Girls, an African American women’s basketball team that was formed in New York City in 1912.
This Women’s Team Combines Valentines, NBA All Star, and Black History Month Charm Into One Irresistible Basketball Treat
In addition to being banned for life, Donald Sterling also should be forced to visit the Black Fives exhibition now at the New-York Historical Society, which reveals that blacks and whites have been working together in basketball for a very, very long time.
Claude Johnson appeared on NBC News 4 New York’s “Positively Black” segment with host Tracie Strahan this past Sunday to discuss the Black Fives exhibition currently at the museum, which runs through July 20, 2014.
Michael Bellamy hosts BK Live on Brooklyn Independent Media with guest Claude Johnson of the Black Fives Foundation
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.
During each December, celebrate the history of African American women who were pioneers in basketball!
There were dozens of African American female basketball teams that played during the pre-NBA racially segregated Black Fives Era.
December is reserved for honoring the history of female Black Fives Era basketball teams like the New York Girls and many others.