TESTIMONIALS

Long before I won Rookie of the Year, there was James “Big Jim” Dorsey.

Hudson Oliver has never been in a sentence with LeBron James, until now.

Anyone who saw the ‘Black Fives’ exhibit at the New York Historical Society this summer will tell you how long the road was to integration in basketball.

Mr. Johnson’s mission is akin to the work that has been done to preserve the history of baseball’s Negro leagues. But his task might be harder.

Being one who likes to keep my children up on African-American history, I bought us all T-shirts which display the Black Fives team logos and bragged about my find when I returned home.

Sure, the NBA’s Hardwood Classics jerseys are cool. But if you wantrealthrowbacks, check out the goods at Black Fives, which documents basketball’s version of the Negro Leagues.