The Black Fives by Claude Johnson

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/63331 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Black Fives Author: Claude Johnson Narrator: Claude Johnson Format: mp3 Length: 20 hrs and 46 mins Release date: 05-24-22 Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 10 ratings Genres: Sports History Publisher's Summary: 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 (teams But this period is almost entirely unknown to basketball fans. Claude Johnson has made it his mission to change that. The Black Fives is the result of his work, a landmark narrative history that braids together the stories of these forgotten pioneers and rewrites our understanding of the story of basketball.