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

A groundbreaking history of Black basketball

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 in the 1950s, dozens of teams-then often called “fives”-of African American players were founded and flourished. This was a time ...