Black Fives
African American Basketball, 1904 - 1950
A Book of Postcards

Description:

Basketball was invented in 1891, and for the next sixty years the sport, like American society of the time, remained racially segregated. Dozens of amateur, semipro, and professional all-black teams, or "black fives," emerged and flourished in the United States decades before the National Basketball Association was born. Playing well-organized barnstorming circuits, teams like the New York Renaissance Big Five, the Pittsburgh Scholastics, and the Independent Pleasure Club of New Jersey thrilled fans nationwide with exciting, innovative play.

This book of postcards captures the spirit of this pioneering era of African Americans basketball with thirty rare photographs of teams and players compiled by Black Fives, Inc. -- an organization founded to honor the memory of this seminal period in sports history.

Black Fives
African American Basketball, 1904 - 1950
A Book of Postcards

ISBN: 9780764937057
ISBN-10 0764937057
Publisher: Pomegranate
Publication Date: 2006
Format: Bound Oversized Postcards, 30
Book Type: New