Through a generous donor gift we recently acquired a major historical African American basketball artifact for the Black Fives Foundation Archives! Take a look!
Donor Gift Allows Acquisition of Major Historical African American Basketball Artifact
This historic 1941 basketball ticket that celebrates FDR’s birthday and raises funds to prevent Infantile Paralysis represents a major milestone in the sport.
The brothers Ulysses S. “Lyss” Young and William “Pimp” Young, unsung African American basketball pioneers who took their games far beyond the courts.
Efforts to save the Harlem’s historic Renaissance Ballroom, a cultural shrine, have failed. It was demolished by its new owners. Here is how this happened.
Our 360-degree exterior photo essay of Harlem’s once-proud Renaissance Ballroom as it looks today, neglected and in ruins.
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.
One is a media pass to a history-making event. The other was an “errant” pass that may have changed history.
Two baseball writers speculate on why more baseball writers didn’t know about George Crowe’s death.