The Resource The Black fives : the epic story of basketball's forgotten era, Claude Johnson
The Black fives : the epic story of basketball's forgotten era, Claude Johnson
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The item The Black fives : the epic story of basketball's forgotten era, Claude Johnson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Yuma County Library District.
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- Summary
- "African Americans were making moves in basketball generations before the rise of the NBA. Their pioneering efforts helped popularize the sport in big cities and small towns alike and shaped the game we know and love today. From the invention of the game in 1891 to the racial integration of all-White professional leagues int he 1950s, dozens of teams -- then often called "fives" -- of African American players were founded and flourished. This was a time of visionary players, managers, and impresarios who blazed a trail, battled discrimination and marginalization, and created rich, meaningful events that strengthened their communities in the face of Jim Crow oppression. But this era, known as the Black Fives Era, has been forgotten, overlooked, unacknowledged, and squashed. It is barely known today. For more than two decades, Claude Johnson has made it his mission to change that. A fiercely committed advocate, Johnson has researched, preserved, exhibited, taught, and honored this important African American experience, unearthing what might have remained buried in an unmarked grave. [This book] is the result of his work, a landmark narrative history that braids together the stories of these pioneers and rewrites our understanding of the true history of the game." -- Book jacket flap
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 470 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- Title page verso indicates publication date as "2021," publisher's website states publication date as "May 24, 2022."
- Contents
-
- An unmarked grave
- Survival
- Seeds
- Pittsburgh Pedigree
- Rites of passage
- Satan's circus
- 1901
- Physical culture
- St. Christopher
- Great struggle for victory
- A real corker
- As our White friends play it
- Wabash outlaws
- Sport for sport's sake
- A janitor's key
- Virgil
- Maddening
- Supreme courts
- Loendi
- Outlaws
- Democracy lads
- The future of basketball
- Out-and-outers
- The new Negro
- Chicago Crusaders
- "True world champions"
- World Series of basketball
- The missing NBA team
- Vindication
- Isbn
- 9781419744365
- Label
- The Black fives : the epic story of basketball's forgotten era
- Title
- The Black fives
- Title remainder
- the epic story of basketball's forgotten era
- Statement of responsibility
- Claude Johnson
- Title variation
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- Black 5s
- Epic story of basketball's forgotten era
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "African Americans were making moves in basketball generations before the rise of the NBA. Their pioneering efforts helped popularize the sport in big cities and small towns alike and shaped the game we know and love today. From the invention of the game in 1891 to the racial integration of all-White professional leagues int he 1950s, dozens of teams -- then often called "fives" -- of African American players were founded and flourished. This was a time of visionary players, managers, and impresarios who blazed a trail, battled discrimination and marginalization, and created rich, meaningful events that strengthened their communities in the face of Jim Crow oppression. But this era, known as the Black Fives Era, has been forgotten, overlooked, unacknowledged, and squashed. It is barely known today. For more than two decades, Claude Johnson has made it his mission to change that. A fiercely committed advocate, Johnson has researched, preserved, exhibited, taught, and honored this important African American experience, unearthing what might have remained buried in an unmarked grave. [This book] is the result of his work, a landmark narrative history that braids together the stories of these pioneers and rewrites our understanding of the true history of the game." -- Book jacket flap
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1960-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Johnson, Claude
- Dewey number
- 796.323097309041
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- African American basketball players
- African American athletes
- Basketball teams
- Basketball
- Basketball
- Label
- The Black fives : the epic story of basketball's forgotten era, Claude Johnson
- Note
- Title page verso indicates publication date as "2021," publisher's website states publication date as "May 24, 2022."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 429-470)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- An unmarked grave -- Survival -- Seeds -- Pittsburgh Pedigree -- Rites of passage -- Satan's circus -- 1901 -- Physical culture -- St. Christopher -- Great struggle for victory -- A real corker -- As our White friends play it -- Wabash outlaws -- Sport for sport's sake -- A janitor's key -- Virgil -- Maddening -- Supreme courts -- Loendi -- Outlaws -- Democracy lads -- The future of basketball -- Out-and-outers -- The new Negro -- Chicago Crusaders -- "True world champions" -- World Series of basketball -- The missing NBA team -- Vindication
- Control code
- on1289273746
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 470 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781419744365
- Lccn
- 2021933480
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1289273746
- Label
- The Black fives : the epic story of basketball's forgotten era, Claude Johnson
- Note
- Title page verso indicates publication date as "2021," publisher's website states publication date as "May 24, 2022."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 429-470)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- An unmarked grave -- Survival -- Seeds -- Pittsburgh Pedigree -- Rites of passage -- Satan's circus -- 1901 -- Physical culture -- St. Christopher -- Great struggle for victory -- A real corker -- As our White friends play it -- Wabash outlaws -- Sport for sport's sake -- A janitor's key -- Virgil -- Maddening -- Supreme courts -- Loendi -- Outlaws -- Democracy lads -- The future of basketball -- Out-and-outers -- The new Negro -- Chicago Crusaders -- "True world champions" -- World Series of basketball -- The missing NBA team -- Vindication
- Control code
- on1289273746
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 470 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781419744365
- Lccn
- 2021933480
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1289273746
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