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The Black Fives Foundation (founded in January 2013) [18] is an independent 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to research, preserve, showcase, teach, and honor the pre-NBA history of African Americans in basketball. Its founder and executive director is Claude Johnson, historian and author of “The Black Fives: The Epic Story of ...
Founded in 1904, the Smart Set Athletic Club is credited with assembling the first formal fully independent African-American basketball team. [2] The team debuted in 1907. The Smart Set Athletic Club team was also a founding member of the Olympian Athletic League , along with the Alpha Physical Culture Club, the Marathon Athletic Club of ...
Dozens of all-black teams emerged during the Black Fives Era, in New York City, Washington, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Cleveland, and other cities. The Smart Set Athletic Club of Brooklyn and the St. Christopher Club of New York City were established as the first fully organized independent all-black basketball teams in 1906.
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Clarence Crain of Shortridge High School (1966-69) will be inducted to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame on March 20, 2024 with a reception at the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame museum in New ...
Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History. 28 (2). Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society: 28– 37. Hetty Gray (2001). Net Prophet: The Bill Garrett Story. Fairland, Indiana: Sugar Creek Publishing. ISBN 0-9712571-0-8. Moore, Wilma (Fall 2012). "Everyday People: Sports Champions and History Makers". Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History ...
History indeed can repeat itself. Lord knows we’re seeing that again in Black America’s back-and-forth battle against racism. But for The post The New York Rens: How the first Black-owned pro ...
The Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame was organized in 1962. [1] The museum was in Indianapolis from 1970 to 1986; the present-day facility in New Castle opened in 1990. [2] In addition to featuring its Hall of Fame inductees, the museum includes photographs, pennants, and displays of artifacts of championship teams and their schools. [2]