New York Sports and Beyond

The Black Fives Foundation, whose mission is to research, preserve, showcase, teach, and honor the pre-NBA history of African Americans in basketball, has teamed up with NBA superstar Russell Westbrook’s Zero World Media, along with Ben Silverman and Howard Owens’ Propagate Content, to develop a documentary project about the Black Fives Era, the period from 1904, when basketball was first introduced to African Americans on a wide-scale organized basis, to 1950, when the NBA signed its first Black players. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices