Black Fives Era

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:commemoratedBy Black Fives Foundation
gptkbp:culturalSignificance gptkb:activist
African American sports history
gptkbp:endDate 1950
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Black Fives Era
gptkbp:influenced development of professional basketball
integration of NBA
gptkbp:namedAfter five starting players on a basketball team
gptkbp:notableEvent barnstorming tours
first Black professional basketball championship
formation of all-Black basketball teams
segregation in professional basketball
gptkbp:notableFor African American basketball teams
gptkbp:notablePlayer gptkb:Willie_Smith
gptkb:John_Isaacs
gptkb:Pop_Gates
gptkb:Tarzan_Cooper
gptkb:William_'Pop'_Gates
gptkb:Clarence_'Fats'_Jenkins
Charles 'Tarzan' Cooper
William 'Dolly' King
Zack Clayton
gptkbp:notableTeam gptkb:Washington_Bears
gptkb:New_York_Renaissance
gptkb:Harlem_Globetrotters
Chicago Crusaders
gptkbp:precededBy racial integration of professional basketball
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:basketball
African American history
gptkbp:startDate 1904
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Black_Fives_Foundation
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7