The Black Fives: The Epic Story of Basketball's Forgotten Era by Claude Johnson, Claude Johnson

The Black Fives: The Epic Story of Basketball's Forgotten Era

Claude Johnson, Claude Johnson

480 pages hardcover

2 editions

nonfiction history sports challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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From the introduction of the game of basketball to Black communities on a wide scale in 1904 to the racial integration of the NBA in 1950, dozens of African American teams were founded and flourished. This period, known as the Black Fives Era (te...

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