Former United States amateur, semi-pro, and professional basketball network
For the locomotive, see Black Five.
Black Fives is a trademarked term, federally registered in the United States Patent & Trademark Office, that refers to the all-Black basketball teams that existed in the United States between 1904, when the game was first introduced to African Americans on a wide-scale organized basis, and 1950, when the NBA signed its first Black players. The Black Fives Era produced notable NBA players who contributed to African American history. The term "Black Fives" represents the historic significance of these pioneering teams, which played a crucial role in breaking down racial barriers in American sports during the early 20th century.
BlackFives is a trademarked term, federally registered in the United States Patent & Trademark Office, that refers to the all-Black basketball teams that...
Stanier Black Five type, fitted with Caprotti valve gear, in 1948; the BR Caprotti BlackFives. These were numbered 44738-57, 44686 and 44687. The Black Fives...
including sports, all-black basketball teams (BlackFives) were established in 1904. Dozens of all-black teams emerged during the BlackFives Era, in New York...
Eton fives, a derivative of the British game of fives, is a handball game, similar to Rugby fives, played as doubles in a three-sided court. The object...
baseball, which ran through the early 1950s. In basketball, the BlackFives (all-black teams) were established in 1904, and emerged in New York City, Washington...
African-American basketball team, one of the most successful teams in the BlackFives Era. Founded in 1904, the Smart Set Athletic Club is credited with assembling...
Basketball Encyclopedia. Retrieved August 21, 2023. "Friday Free Throws | the BlackFives Foundation". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-26...
Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2022. "Albert "Runt" Pullins". The BlackFives Foundation. December 13, 2015. Retrieved 2024-01-15. "Albert Pullins"...
successful mixed-traffic type in Great Britain. Construction of the BlackFives had started in 1934 and continued past nationalisation to 1951. A new...
Coronation Class 4-6-2 express locomotives were built and several modified BlackFives and the work of 'rebuilding' the Royal Scot and Patriot classes continued...
Globetrotter Reece 'Goose' Tatum To Be Enshrined In Basketball Hall of Fame". BlackFives.org. April 4, 2011. Crowther, Bosley (March 10, 1954). "The Screen in...
Caprotti valve gear was fitted to the last two British Railways-built 'BlackFives' 44686/7, the last 30 BR standard class 5s, numbers 73125-54, and the...
designs. The LMR initially continued building ex-LMS stock, particularly BlackFives, Ivatt 2MT, two Duchesses, and rebuilds of Royal Scots and Patriots....
District - Welles Park". Chicagoparkdistrict.com. Retrieved July 10, 2016. "BlackFives Foundation - Savoy Big Five". blackfives.org. March 9, 2009. Retrieved...
but that didn’t happen and the team folded. "Los Angeles Red Devils". BlackFives Foundation. Shav Glick (May 10, 2004). "Creating Their Own Fireworks"...
followed the Princesses and Duchesses, along with the Jubilees and the "BlackFives". Crewe produced all the new boilers for the LMS, and all heavy drop...
Tanganyika and Argentina, and a large order in 1934 from the LMS for 4-6-0 "BlackFives" and 2-8-0 Stanier-designed locomotives. During 1953-54 the company built...
0-8-0s. The 8F design incorporated the two-cylinder arrangement of the BlackFives. They were initially classified 7F, but this was later changed to the...
Loendi Big Five, which became the most dominant basketball team of the BlackFives Era through the mid-1920s, winning four straight Colored Basketball World...
they also influenced similar engines on other railways such as the LMS "BlackFives", the LNER B1s and the BR Standard Class 5s. Collett also experimented...
Loendi Big Five, which became the most dominant basketball team of the BlackFives Era through the mid-1920s, winning four straight Colored Basketball World...
Greenwood Press. p. 177. ISBN 0-313-29911-0. "William 'Pop' Gates". The BlackFives Foundation. September 29, 2016. Retrieved May 3, 2021. "Long-forgotten...
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