Black basketball way before modern leagues. Proud partners with @BigEast @Lids @homage | Founder: @claudejohnson
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This is pretty damn cool, @BlackFives!
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One of our artifacts is on display in the @metmuseum’s new "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" exhibition. It's a 1915 placard promoting a basketball game between two African American teams. Go behind the scenes with Black Fives founder @ClaudeJohnson!
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Mourning the loss of our mentor and friend Howie Evans, a pioneering journalist with the @NYAmNews and a founding board member with our @BlackFives Foundation.
Condolences to his family and friends. 🕊️✨RIP, Howie. You’ll be missed but never forgotten.
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Introducing our new Spring 2025 World Pro Champs Collection.
Shop today! Make History Now!
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Black Fives Announces Women’s Version Of Its Iconic Brand Logo
Our final prototype ink sketch to illustrate the new logo’s graphical direction. This dual-logo identity visually recognizes the historic roles of female Black basketball pioneers.
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This inaccurate @HISTORY article needs to be corrected. The New York Rens were formed in OCTOBER, 1923.
NOT in February, 1923.
Amanda Onion
@MissySullivanNY
Matt Mullen
Christian Zapata
For reference please see “The Black Fives” by @ClaudeJohnson
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More about the Milwaukee Colored Panthers basketball team of the 1930s, which @MarquetteMBB will honor in their Black Fives x @BIGEAST game tonight with visiting @DePaulHoops!
Learn the background. Get the hoodie. Make History Now!
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We with the @bigeast have been wearing these @BlackFives warmups to celebrate the Pioneers of Change who were the early African American trailblazers who revolutionized the game and left an indelible mark on the sport of basketball.
#mindonMARCH | #LetsGoX | #BlackHistoryMonth
#OTD in 2013, February 10 was named “Black Fives Day“ for NYC by a @NYCMayorsOffice proclamation in a @BrooklynNets ceremony at @barclayscenter honoring Brooklyn-based African-American pre-NBA basketball teams such as the Smart Set Athletic Club and the Spartan Girls. #BHM 🔥🙌🏾
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🆚 No. 5/5 UConn
📍 Amica Mutual Pavilion
⌚️ 12:00 p.m.
📺 CBS Sports Network
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📢 Black Fives Game // BIG EAST Road Trip
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The Hoyas are honoring the Washington Bears.
#PioneersOfChange | #MakeHistoryNow
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Georgetown and the @bigeast celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth by partnering with the @BlackFives Foundation whose mission is to research, preserve, showcase, teach and honor the pre-NBA history of African Americans in basketball.
#HoyaSaxa #EarnedNeverGiven #HoyaTough
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For the fourth consecutive season, the BIG EAST Conference will partner with the Black Fives Foundation, a nonprofit public charity dedicated to inspiring excellence in youth by preserving, teaching, and honoring the pre-NBA history of African Americans in basketball.
#HoyaSaxa
Tonight, 8PM ET on @FOXSports our partnership with the @BIGEAST Conference continues as the @StJohnsRedStorm meets @UConnMBB for a Black Fives game to honor the Alpha Physical Culture Club and the St. Christopher Club! Learn more at this link!!
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Make History Now. Special warmup shirts for tonight’s game at DePaul honoring @BlackFives!
@BIGEASTMBB
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Pioneers of Change.
Shooting shirts yesterday honored the @BlackFives in partnership with the @BIGEAST.
